Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 123-126 , July 2010

Stepwise evolution from a focal pure pulmonary ground-glass opacity nodule into an invasive lung adenocarcinoma: An observation for more than 10 years

  • Ji Hye Min

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Ho Yun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3410 4335; fax: +82 2 3410 6368.
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  • Kyung Soo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Joungho Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Keunchil Park

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology-Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Myung-Ju Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology-Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Su-Jin Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea

Received 8 February 2010 ,Revised 2 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.04.022

Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 123-126 , July 2010

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