Thin-Walled Cavitary Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Unusual Case
| Author | Mi Ran Yeon | en |
| Author | Jin Young Yoo | en |
| Author | Sung Jin Kim | en |
| Author | Soo Jung Lee | en |
| Author | Ok-Jun Lee | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-07-31 | en |
| Abstract | Thin-walled cavitary lung adenocarcinoma is not common. When cavitary lung cancer was classified as a histologic subtype, squamous cell carcinoma was the most common, followed by adenocarcinoma and finally large cell carcinoma. Cavitation was not found in small cell lung cancer. Some cases of thin-walled cavitary lung adenocarcinoma have been reported. Thin-walled cavitary lung cancer can be detected by the following radiological signs: irregular thickening of the cavity wall, wall nodule formation, the presence of compartments in the cavity, increased standard uptake values (SUVs) on positron emission tomography (PET). A thin‑walled cavity accompanied by mediastinal lymph node or distant metastasis, or enlargement of the lesion on long term follow-up. We report on a case of thin walled cavitary lung cancer whose cavity tended to enlarge during a 10-month follow-up, but no other evidence of imaging finding indicated potential lung cancer. It suggests that the unidirectional check-valve mechanism could make enlarging thin walled cavitary lesion due to lepidic growth pattern. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.60731 | en |
| Keyword | Lung Neoplasms/Diagnostic Imaging | en |
| Keyword | Adenocarcinoma/Diagnostic Imaging | en |
| Keyword | Solitary Pulmonary Nodule/Diagnostic Imaging | en |
| Keyword | Tomography | en |
| Keyword | X-Ray Computed | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Thin-Walled Cavitary Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Unusual Case | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |