Pulmonary Mucus Gland Adenomas: Are They Always of Endobronchial Localization?

Mucus gland adenoma is an extremely rare benign lung tumor, presumed to arise from the bronchial mucus glands; it is a TTF-1 negative tumor, centrally located, causing the clinical manifestations of obstruction. We report a TTF-1 negative mucus gland adenoma, arising into the medial bronchopulmonary...

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Main Authors: Georgia Karpathiou, Efthimios Sivridis, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Marios Froudarakis, Alexandra Giatromanolaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/239173
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Summary:Mucus gland adenoma is an extremely rare benign lung tumor, presumed to arise from the bronchial mucus glands; it is a TTF-1 negative tumor, centrally located, causing the clinical manifestations of obstruction. We report a TTF-1 negative mucus gland adenoma, arising into the medial bronchopulmonary segment, lacking any relation to a bronchus.
ISSN:2090-6781
2090-679X