New Entities in Smoking Related Lung Disease
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Pathology Recommendations 2/3<br />
• Small (≤3 cm) solitary<br />
adenocarc<strong>in</strong>omas with pure lepidic<br />
growth termed adenocarc<strong>in</strong>oma <strong>in</strong> situ.<br />
• Small (≤3 cm) solitary<br />
adenocarc<strong>in</strong>omas with predom<strong>in</strong>ant<br />
lepidic growth and foci of <strong>in</strong>vasion<br />
measur<strong>in</strong>g ≤ 0.5 cm termed m<strong>in</strong>imally<br />
<strong>in</strong>vasive adenocarc<strong>in</strong>oma.<br />
Lepidic Growth<br />
• Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s alveolar architecture<br />
– No destruction or effacement<br />
• No central or broad scar<br />
• Often has thickened alveolar septa<br />
• Cuboidal epithelium<br />
• Little to no stratification or tuft<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• No papillary structures<br />
5/28/2011<br />
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