Fig. 25
From: Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule: size matters, but do not ignore the power of morphology
Complex lesion in the right upper lobe in a 61-year heavy smoker. Axial CT-image in lung window setting shows a 2.6 cm lesion with spiculated morphology, pleural tags and centrally small lucent foci, corresponding to the so-called “bubble-like-lucencies”. In the periphery of the lesion there are some small foci of ground glass appearance. Histopathologic examination after lobectomy showed a predominant acinar adenocarcinoma with areas of lepidic growth