TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary adenocarcinoma
T2 - The expanding spectrum of histologic variants
AU - Moran, Cesar A.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Pulmonary adenocarcinoma is one of the most common types of lung cancer. Traditionally, adenocarcinomas have been divided based on their degree of resemblance to their parent tissues info 3 histopathelogic types: well, moderately, and poorly differentiated. In the majority of cases, this schema is sufficient to categorize these lung tumors. However, there is a considerable group of tumors in which the histology is not that of the classic gland-forming neoplasm. Thus, although the terminology of adenocarcinoma is applied in such cases, the histopathologic features are different from those of the more conventional variants. The current review addresses these unusual variants and the importance of recognizing and properly categorizing them to avoid unnecessary additional workup or possible misdiagnosis.
AB - Pulmonary adenocarcinoma is one of the most common types of lung cancer. Traditionally, adenocarcinomas have been divided based on their degree of resemblance to their parent tissues info 3 histopathelogic types: well, moderately, and poorly differentiated. In the majority of cases, this schema is sufficient to categorize these lung tumors. However, there is a considerable group of tumors in which the histology is not that of the classic gland-forming neoplasm. Thus, although the terminology of adenocarcinoma is applied in such cases, the histopathologic features are different from those of the more conventional variants. The current review addresses these unusual variants and the importance of recognizing and properly categorizing them to avoid unnecessary additional workup or possible misdiagnosis.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 16831050
AN - SCOPUS:33745955756
SN - 0003-9985
VL - 130
SP - 958
EP - 962
JO - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 7
ER -