A Case of Adenocarcinoma Presenting a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule That Showed No Growth Over 4 Years.

Yoon, Byeong Kab; Kim, Eun Ju; Kim, Deok In; Lee, Kum Ho; Ryu, Jeong Seon; Kwak, Seung Min; Lee, Hong Lyeol; Cho, Jae Hwa; Kim, Lucia; Lee, Kyeong Hee; Kim, Jeong Taek

doi:2005.59.3.326

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2005;59(3):326-329.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2005.59.3.326 Published online September 1, 2005.

A Case of Adenocarcinoma Presenting a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule That Showed No Growth Over 4 Years.

Byeong Kab Yoon, Eun Ju Kim, Deok In Kim, Kum Ho Lee, Jeong Seon Ryu, Seung Min Kwak, Hong Lyeol Lee, Jae Hwa Cho, Lucia Kim, Kyeong Hee Lee, Jeong Taek Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. jaehwa.cho@inha.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
⁴Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

A case of 51-year-old woman with a malignant solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) that exhibited no growth over a period of 4 years is reported. Surgical wedge resection revealed an adenocarcinoma upon intra-operative frozen ex-amination. The operation was completed with a right upper lobectomy and complete lymphadenectomy. The authors recommend an early surgical procedure for any SPNs due to risk factors for developing lung cancer.

Key Words: Solitary pulmonary nodule, Adenocarcinoma