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  P3.24 - Poster Session 3 - Supportive Care (ID 160)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Supportive Care
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/30/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P3.24-047 - Pulmonary papillary adenoma localized centrally (ID 3079)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): F.H. Candas
    • Abstract

    Background
    Pulmonary papillary adenoma is an extremely rare tumor and considered to be benign although its malignancy potentiality is not completely understood. It is usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally as peripheral lesions in chest radiography. It originates from type II pneumocytes. The largest mass of 20 cases which has been reported in English literature was 3 cm in diameter. The diameter of the tumor of our case was 4 cm. We present our postoperatively diagnosed papillary adenoma case due to its rarity and central location.

    Methods
    Twenty-one year old male patient was admitted with a round mass lesion with regular margins was observed on the right side of his chest radiography. This 4 cm diameter mass in the right upper lobe closed to bronchus has been observed in thorax computed tomography. Any endobronchial lesion could be detected with bronchoscopy.

    Results
    Right thoracotomy was performed. The solid mass was enucleated and capitonnage was performed. The patient being discharged on the 7th postoperative day is being followed for 8 months.

    Conclusion
    Our case is a centrally localized pulmonary papillary adenoma although most of the cases presented in the literature are peripheral. This case should be considered in the differential diagnosis of solid pulmonary masses. The recommended treatment for this mass is surgically removal of the mass because of its malignancy potentiality.