A rare case of fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung

Nonso C Osakwe; Jiankun Tong; William H Rodgers; Amanda L Kansler; Paul C Lee; Subroto Paul

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.088

A rare case of fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Dec;98(6):2217-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.088. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

Authors

Nonso C Osakwe¹, Jiankun Tong², William H Rodgers², Amanda L Kansler¹, Paul C Lee¹, Subroto Paul³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Hospital Queens, New York Presbyterian Hospital System, New York, New York.
² Department of Pathology, New York Hospital Queens, New York Presbyterian Hospital System, New York, New York.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Hospital Queens, New York Presbyterian Hospital System, New York, New York. Electronic address: pas2022@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 25468096
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.088

Abstract

Fetal adenocarcinoma is a rare lung malignancy associated with improved outcomes compared to more common adenocarcinoma variants. We describe a case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with right-sided chest pain, and was subsequently diagnosed with an intermediate-grade stage IV fetal adenocarcinoma with chest wall invasion. She was treated with surgical resection and adjuvant radiation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
Adult
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed