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Yoon, Kim, Kim, Lee, Ryu, Kwak, Lee, Cho, Kim, Lee, and Kim: A Case of Adenocarcinoma Presenting a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule That Showed No Growth Over 4 Years
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2005; 59(3): 326-329.

Published online: 30 September 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2005.59.3.326

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

Byeong Kab Yoon, M.D., Eun Ju Kim, M.D., Deok In Kim, M.D., Kum Ho Lee, M.D., Jeong Seon Ryu, M.D., Seung Min Kwak, M.D., Hong Lyeol Lee, M.D., Jae Hwa Cho, M.D., Lucia Kim, M.D.1, Kyeong Hee Lee, M.D.2, Jeong Taek Kim, M.D.3

Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

1Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

2Department of Radiology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Jae Hwa Cho, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine 7-206, 3rd st. Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Gu, Incheon, 400-711, Korea. Phone: 032-890-3490, Fax: 032-882-6578, cho@inha.ac.kr

Received 27 April 2005       Accepted 25 July 2005

Copyright©2005. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

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 examination. 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.

Keywords: Solitary pulmonary nodule, Adenocarcinoma

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