Premium
Pulmonary tumorlet with hilar lymph node metastasis. Report of a case
Author(s) -
Hausman David H.,
Weimann Robert B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196709)20:9<1515::aid-cncr2820200919>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , metastasis , lymph node , lymph node metastasis , lymph , cancer
The authors report the fourth case of a pulmonary tumorlet with regional lymph node metastasis. These proliferations of atypical pulmonary epithelium are usually found in scarred lungs. A review of the available evidence indicates they have only a low malignant potential.