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Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Center for Clinical Residency Program, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan
Accepted for publication July 25, 2008.
* Address correspondence to Dr Nakamura, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan (Email: hnaka{at}med.tottori-u.ac.jp).
Alveolar adenoma (AA) is a rare lung benign tumor originated from type II pneumocytes. It presents as a well-defined nodule in clinical images, but is difficult to differentiate from early-stage lung cancer. We treated a 58-year-old woman with a small-sized AA measuring 8 x 6 mm in the upper lobe of the left lung by performing a thoracoscopic resection. The AA does not cause any symptoms and it is often incidentally detected as an abnormal shadow. There have been no reported cases of recurrence after a resection of AA, but a subsequent increase in such cases is expected, and we believe that it is necessary to understand the characteristics of this typical benign lung tumor.
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