Pulmonary adenocarcinoma in situ with morule - like components: A surgical case report

Respir Med Case Rep. 2024 Mar 11:48:102008. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102008. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Unusual lung adenocarcinoma with morule-like components is characterized by uniform, tightly packed spindle-shaped cells filling the lumens of neoplastic glandular structures. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman who presented with a part-solid ground-glass nodule in the upper lobe of the right lung. Following right upper lobectomy, histological examination revealed adenocarcinoma in-situ with multiple morule-like intra-alveolar proliferative nests of epithelial cells. Immunostaining was positive for thyroid-transcription factor 1 in the tumor cells and morule-like components. The tumor was also positive for an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation. This case provides valuable insights about lung adenocarcinoma in-situ with morule-like components.

Keywords: Adenocarcinoma in-situ; Adenocarcinoma with morules; Lung.

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