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A 61-year-old woman who had suffered from cough and sputum was referred for the evaluation of chronic consolidation on the left lower lung (LLL). Before she visited our hospital, she had been taking antibiotics, having received a diagnoss of pneumonia. However, her symptoms and radiological consolidation on the LLL had not improved.
Chest radiography showed a dense consolidation on the LLL. Chest CT scan revealed a diffused consolidation combined with ground glass opacity on the LLL and a 2×1.5 cm heterogeneously enhanced mass with a smooth margin on the left seventh intercostal space (figure 1A,B). A percutaneous needle biopsy of the consolidative lesion on the LLL was performed. Histological examination revealed malignant cells along the alveolar septa (figure 2A,B), and this finding was interpreted as bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.
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Funding This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea (A084144).
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