Localized mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung: Thin-section computed tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography findings

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-258

  Sawada, Eiichi ^a   Nambu, Atsushi ^a   Motosugi, Utaroh ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a   Kato, Satoshi ^b   Sato, Yoko ^c   Saito, Akitoshi ^d   Ishihara, Hiroshi ^a   Okuwaki, Hideto ^a   Ozawa, Katsura ^e   Nishikawa, Keiichi ^e   Miyazawa, Masahisa ^e   Miyata, Kazuyuki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Suwa Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kofu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^d Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Goblet cell; Mucinous BACs; SUVmax; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955488552     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-009-0414-4     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Travis WD, Sobin LH. Histological typing of lung and pleural tumors, In: International histological classifi cation of tumors. 3rd edition. Berlin: Springer; 1999.
2. Lee HY, Lee KS, Han J, Kim BT, Cho YS, Shim YM, et al. Mucinous versus nonmucinous solitary pulmonary nodular bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: CT and FDG PET fi ndings and pathologic comparisons. Lung Cancer 2009;65: 170-5.
3. Furák J, Troján I, Szoke T, Tiszlavicz L, Morvay Z, Eller J, et al. Bronchioloalveolar lung cancer: occurrence, surgical treatment and survival. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003; 23:818-23. (Pubitemid 36566580)
4. Raz DJ, Odisho AY, Franc BL, Jablons DM. Tumor fl uoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose avidity on positron emission tomographic scan predicts mortality in patients with early-stage pure and mixed bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1189-95.
5. Yano S, Kobayashi K, Tokuda Y, Touge H, Ikeda T, Ishikawa S, et al. Squamous cell lung carcinoma with surrounding pure nonmucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC). Respir Med Extra 2007;3:175-7. (Pubitemid 350137927)
6. Altorki NK, Yankelevitz DF, Vazquez MF, Kramer A, Henschke CI. bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in small pulmonary nodules: clinical relevance. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;17:123-7. (Pubitemid 41122299)
7. Akata S, Fukushima A, Kakizaki D, Abe K, Amino S. CT scanning of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: specifi c appearances. Lung Cancer 1995;12:221-30.
8. Tateishi U, Müller NL, Johkoh T, Maeshima A, Asamura H, Satake M, et al. Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma of the lung: thin-section computed tomography fi ndings in 48 patients and their effect on prognosis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2005;29:361-8. (Pubitemid 40734600)
9. Lee KS, Kim Y, Han J, Ko EJ, Park CK, Primack SL. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: clinical, histopathologic, and radiologic findings. Radiographics 1997;17:1345-57. (Pubitemid 127466059)
10. Akira M, Atagi S, Kawahara M, Iuchi K, Johkoh T. Highresolution CT findings of diffuse bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in 38 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999;173:1623-9.
11. Jang HJ, Lee KS, Kwon OJ, Rhee CH, Shim YM, Han J. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: focal area of ground-glass attenuation at thin-section CT as an early sign. Radiology 1996;199:485-8. (Pubitemid 26122000)
12. Blandino A, Gaeta M, Scribano E, Pandolfo I. The angiogram sign in lung consolidation: what is its diagnostic value? Radiol Med 1996;92:381-5. (Pubitemid 127558440)
13. Manning JT Jr, Spjut HJ, Tschen JA. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: the signifi cance of two histopathologic types. Cancer 1984;54:525-34. (Pubitemid 14087883)
14. Aquino SL, Halpern EF, Kuester LB, Fischman AJ. FDG-PET and CT features of non-small cell lung cancer based on tumor type. Int J Mol Med 2007;19:495-9.
15. Lee HY, Han J, Lee KS, Koo JH, Jeong SY, Kim BT, et al. Lung adenocarcinoma as a solitary pulmonary nodule: prognostic determinants of CT, PET, and histopathologic fi ndings. Lung Cancer 2009;66:379-85.
16. Mirtcheva RM, Vazquez M, Yankelevitz DF, Henschke CI. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and adenocarcinoma with bronchioloalveolar features presenting as ground-glass opacities on CT. Clin Imaging 2002;26:95-100. (Pubitemid 34163278)
17. López JI, Colby TV, Gazdar AF. Current status of small peripheral adenocarcinomas of the lung and their importance to pathologists. Ann Diagn Pathol 2005;9:115-22.
18. Noguchi M, Morikawa A, Kawasaki M, Matsuno Y, Yamada T, Hirohashi S, et al. Small adenocarcinoma of the lung: histologic characteristics and prognosis. Cancer 1995;75; 2844-52.
19. Rogers DF. Airway goblet cells: responsive and adaptable front-line defenders. Eur Respir J 1994;7:1690-706.
20. Davies JR, Hovenberg HW, Lindén CJ, Howard R, Richardson PS, Sheehan JK, et al. Mucins in airway secretions from healthy and chronic bronchitic subjects. Biochem J 1996;313: 431-9. (Pubitemid 26030130)