High-grade Fetal Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: A Case Report

Fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung (FLAC) is an extremely rare subtype of lung cancer, accounting for only 0.1% to 0.5% of primary pulmonary malignancy. In 2011, international multidisciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma developed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cance...

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Main Authors: Chuan HUANG, Chao MA, Qingjun WU, Zheng WANG, Yaoguang SUN, Peng JIAO, Wenxin TIAN, Hanbo YU, Hongfeng TONG
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association 2019-03-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2019.03.12
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Summary:Fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung (FLAC) is an extremely rare subtype of lung cancer, accounting for only 0.1% to 0.5% of primary pulmonary malignancy. In 2011, international multidisciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma developed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IALSC), the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) classified FLAC as a variant of invasive adenocarcinoma. FLAC has been further divided into low-grade fetal adenocarcinoma (L-FLAC) and high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma (H-FLAC) as these two categories exhibit different clinicopathological features and biological behaviors. Here we report a case of high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma and summarize clinicopathologic features of fetal lung adenocarcinoma.
ISSN:1009-3419
1999-6187