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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma arising in longstanding lung cysts. 1984

M G Prichard, and P J Brown, and G F Sterrett

Two adults, both non-smokers, with large peripheral lung cysts, which were of long standing (12 and nine years), were found to have well differentiated mucus secreting adenocarcinomas with a bronchioloalveolar growth pattern associated with the cysts. Lobectomy is likely to have been curative in one of the cases and earlier surgery might have been so in the other. The fact that many of the reported carcinomas associated with lung cysts have developed at an early age, as well as some histological features, suggests that the association is not coincidental; and early surgery for lung cysts is therefore recommended.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008171	Lung Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.	Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008175	Lung Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.	Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D002282	Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar	A carcinoma derived from epithelium of terminal bronchioles, in which the neoplastic tissue extends along the alveolar walls and grows in small masses within the alveoli. Involvement may be uniformly diffuse and massive, or nodular, or lobular. The neoplastic cells are cuboidal or columnar and form papillary structures. Mucin may be demonstrated in some of the cells and in the material in the alveoli, which also includes denuded cells. Metastases in regional lymph nodes, and in even more distant sites, are known to occur, but are infrequent. (From Stedman, 25th ed)	Carcinoma, Alveolar,Carcinoma, Bronchiolar,Carcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Adenocarcinoma, Alveolar,Alveolar Cell Carcinoma,Carcinoma, Bronchioloalveolar,Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo Alveolar,Adenocarcinomas, Alveolar,Adenocarcinomas, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Alveolar Adenocarcinoma,Alveolar Adenocarcinomas,Alveolar Carcinoma,Alveolar Carcinomas,Alveolar Cell Carcinomas,Bronchiolar Carcinoma,Bronchiolar Carcinomas,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Adenocarcinoma,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Adenocarcinomas,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinoma,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinomas,Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma,Bronchioloalveolar Carcinomas,Carcinoma, Alveolar Cell,Carcinoma, Bronchiolo Alveolar,Carcinomas, Alveolar,Carcinomas, Alveolar Cell,Carcinomas, Bronchiolar,Carcinomas, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Carcinomas, Bronchioloalveolar
D002288	Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous	An adenocarcinoma producing mucin in significant amounts. (From Dorland, 27th ed)	Carcinoma, Colloid,Carcinoma, Mucinous,Adenocarcinomas, Mucinous,Carcinomas, Colloid,Carcinomas, Mucinous,Colloid Carcinoma,Colloid Carcinomas,Mucinous Adenocarcinoma,Mucinous Adenocarcinomas,Mucinous Carcinoma,Mucinous Carcinomas
D003560	Cysts	Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues.	Cyst
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults