Presentation
Smoker with weight loss and cough. CT biopsy proven lung malignancy.
Patient Data
Age: 66
Gender: Male
From the case:
T2a lung cancer
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Spiculated 4cm left upper lobe mass.
Right lung clear. Heart size normal.
From the case:
T2a lung cancer
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4cm left apical spiculated mass with minor tethering to the pleural surface and the oblique fissure.
No cavitation.
Right lung clear.
No significant mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
From the case:
T2a lung cancer
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Gross specimen from left upper lobectomy.
The tumor (white) is well delineated from the surrounding normal lung.
Case Discussion
An example of a T2a lung cancer with surgical correlate.
Classical spiculated lesion, which is nearly always cancer.
Final histology: Adenocarcinoma of the lung