Chronic progressive pneumonic consolidation with cavity.

Kwon, Seon Og; Kim, Hyung Jung; Ahn, Chul Min; Kim, Sung Kyu; Lee, Won Young; Kim, Sang Jin; Lee, Ki Bum

doi:1991.38.4.401

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 38(4); 1991 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1991;38(4):401-405.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1991.38.4.401 Published online December 1, 1991.

Chronic progressive pneumonic consolidation with cavity.

Seon Og Kwon¹, Hyung Jung Kim¹, Chul Min Ahn¹, Sung Kyu Kim¹, Won Young Lee¹, Sang Jin Kim², Ki Bum Lee³

¹Department of Intemal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Riadiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Ajou University, College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

Abstract

Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma accounts for less than 6% of all primary lung cancer but has distinct clinical and radiological features and unusual pathologic appearance. The characteristic features are its peripheral location and tendency of rapid progression to diffuse type via aeruginous and lymphatic route without surgical intervention. Among them, mucin secretory type bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma is the rarest and most distinctive. We experienced a case of mucin secretory type bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma in a 47-year-old female with roentgenographic findings of chronic progressive pulmonary consolidation with multiple cavities.