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Immunohistochemical and genetic characteristics of lung cancer mimicking organizing pneumonia.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Nov 2017
Ichikawa Tomohiro, Saruwatari Koichi, Mimaki Sachiyo, Sugano Masato, Aokage Keiju, Kojima Motohiro, Hishida Tomoyuki, Fujii Satoshi, Yoshida Junji, Kuwata Takeshi, Ochiai Atsushi, Suzuki Kenji, Tsuboi Masahiro, Goto Koichi, Tsuchihara Katsuya, Ishii Genichiro
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INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer mimicking organizing pneumonia (LCOP) is a novel radiological entity of lung adenocarcinoma that could be misdiagnosed as inflammatory lesions. However, the characteristic biological and genetic features of LCOP are not fully clarified. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used thin-section CT images to select cases of (LCOP) among surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma patients. We compared the...
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