PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - CORNEL SAVU
AU  - ALEXANDRU MELINTE
AU  - ALEXANDRU GIBU
AU  - STEFANIA VARBAN
AU  - CAMELIA DIACONU
AU  - OVIDIU STIRU
AU  - IRINA BALESCU
AU  - NICOLAE BACALBASA
TI  - Pulmonary Mucinous Cystadenoma – A Rare Pathology
AID  - 10.21873/invivo.12301
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - In Vivo
PG  - 629--634
VI  - 35
IP  - 1
4099  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/1/629.short
4100  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/1/629.full
SO  - In Vivo2021 Jan 01; 35
AB  - Background: Pulmonary cystadenoma is a very rare benign tumor of the lung with slow growth rate and most often, asymptomatic. Case Report: We present the case of a 58-year-old patient admitted in the hospital for coughing with hemoptoic sputum. Standard thoracic radiography revealed a 4/5 cm macronodular opacity in the right inferior lobe, paracardiac. Thoracic computed tomography (CT) with contrast discovered a 3.8/4.7 cm homogenous mass in the right inferior lobe. After intraoperative assessment of the lesion a lower right lobectomy with mediastinal and local lymphadenectomy was performed. Conclusion: Pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma is one of the primary pulmonary mucinous cystic neoplasia (PMCT) alongside PMCT of low malignancy and pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (PMCAC). Because of this and because of the clinical and imagistic similarities between these main entities, establishing a preoperative diagnosis becomes very difficult. Therefore, histopathological and immunohistochemistry studies are mandatory in order to establish the correct diagnosis.