Stepwise evolution from a focal pure pulmonary ground-glass opacity nodule into an invasive lung adenocarcinoma: An observation for more than 10 years

Lung Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-126

  Min, Ji Hye ^a   Lee, Ho Yun ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Park, Keunchil ^a   Ahn, Myung Ju ^a   Lee, Su Jin ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; CT lung neoplasms; Follow up; Ground glass opacity; Lung adenocarcinoma; PET

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TIME; TUMOR INVASION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953357021     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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