Pulmonary Adenomatosis

Abstract

PULMONARY adenomatosis is a rare tumor of the lung characterized by the presence of tall columnar mucus-secreting cells lining the alveolar walls, without evidence of bronchial origin or of primary adenocarcinoma elsewhere. In the past few years there has been a marked increase in the number of reported cases, with two recent reviews of the literature1 , 2 and numerous pathological discussions.A considerable difference of opinion exists concerning pulmonary adenomatosis, or alveolar-cell tumors of the human lung, including complete disbelief in the existence of this condition as a separate entity.3 The question of the existence of a true alveolar epithelium has . . .