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Pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma: a rare benign tumor of the lung
Tomohiro Haruki1, Hiroshige Nakamura, Yuji Taniguchi
1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan. tharuki@med.tottori-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma (PMCA) is rare, with few reported cases. This tumor is histologically characterized by a benign proliferation of mucin-producing epithelial cells and bulky mucin inside the tumor. We present the case of a 71-year-old woman with increasing mass shadow on chest radiography who underwent tumor resection by video-assisted thoracic surgery. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as PMCA.
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