Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma: Impact of histology on dominant CT pattern

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 180-186

  Shah, Rosita M ^a   Balsara, Gulnar ^b   Webster, Marianne ^c   Friedman, Arnold C ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Computed tomography; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLARA CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033933470     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. nd ED. New York, NY: Thieme Medical 1995, 311-423.
2. Kuhn C. Fine structure of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Cancer 1972;30:1107-18.
3. Albertine KH, Steiner RM, Radack DM, et al. Analysis of cell type and radiographic presentation as predictors of the clinical course of patients with bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma. Chest 1998;113: 997-1006.
4. Mihara N, Ichikado K, Johkoh T, et al. The subtypes of localized bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: CT-pathologic correlation in 18 cases. AJR 1999;173:75-79.
5. Manning JT, Spjut HJ, Tschen JA. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: the significance of two histopathologic types. Cancer 1984;54: 525-34.
6. Barsky SH, Cameron R, Osann KE, et al. Rising incidence of bronchioloalveolar lung carcinoma and its unique clinicopathologic features. Cancer 1994;73:1163-70.
7. Feldman ER, Eagan RT, Schaid DJ. Metastatic bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung: comparison of clinical manifestations, chemotherapeutic responses, and prognosis. Mayo Clin Proc 1992;67:27-32.
8. Kushihashi T, Munechika H, Ri K, et al. Bronchioloalveolar adenoma of the lung: CT-pathologic correlation. Radiology 1994;193: 789-93.
9. Hill CA. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: a review. Radiology 1984; 150:15-20.
10. Kuhlman JE, Fishman EK, Kuhajoa FP, et al. Solitary bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: CT criteria. Radiology 1988;167:379-82.
11. Alder B, Padley S, Miller RR, et al. High-resolution CT of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. AJR 1992;159:275-77.
12. Lee KS, Kim Y, Han J, et al. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: clinical, histopathologic, and radiologic findings. Radiographics 1997; 17:1345-57.
13. Jang HJ, Lee KS, Kwon OJ, et al. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: focal area of ground glass attenuation at thin-section CT as an early sign. Radiology 1996;199:485-88.
14. Tan RT, Kuzo RS. High-resolution CT findings of mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: a case of pseudopulmonary alveolar proteinosis. AJR 1997;168:99-100.
15. Weisbrod GL, Chamberlain D, Herman SJ. Cystic change (pseudocavitation) associated with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: a report of four patients. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 1995;10:106-11.
16. Akira M, Atagi S, Kawahara M, et al. High-resolution CT findings of diffuse bronchiolalveolar carcinoma in 38 patients. AJR 1999; 173:1623-29.
17. Aquino SL, Chiles C, Halford P. Distinction of consolidative bronchioloalveolar carcinoma from pneumonia: do CT criteria work? AJR 1998;171:359-63.