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Fig. 5 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 5

From: Central airway pathology: clinic features, CT findings with pathologic and virtual endoscopy correlation

Fig. 5

Cystic adenoid carcinoma in a 44-year-old patient, with no smoking history. (i) Axial MDCT (arrowhead) shows an endoluminal mass with an extraluminal solid component that deforms the left side of the tracheal wall. (ii) Coronal MDCT reconstruction demonstrates that the longitudinal axis of the lesion is greater than the axial axis. These are the typical findings in a cystic adenoid carcinoma. After resection, pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. (iii) Photomicrograph (original magnification, ×4; haematoxylin-eosin stain) shows an extensive interstitial infiltration by groups of tumoral cells with pseudo-glandular pattern (arrowheads)

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