[Atypically located pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma: case report]

Abstract

Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinomas typically arise from central extra-pulmonary airways and lung involvement is rare. On the other hand, this entity should be kept in mind because it has a more favorable clinical course compared to the primary lung adenocarcinoma. In this paper; the clinical, radiological and pathological aspects of a 47 years old man with a complaint of chronic cough, who was found to have a mass lesion at upper lobe of right lung and a final diagnosis of primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma according to transbronchial needle biopsy and pneumonectomy, was presented.