Abstract
A case of bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma in a 71-year-old woman is reported. The carcinoma cells had spread widely throughout the lung, except in the bilateral apical regions, but no invasions or metastases were found at autopsy. According to the Annals of Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan (1977), there were 71 cases of bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma and 3.6% against primary lung cancers. Only 16 of these had carcinoma limited to the lung and moreover, there were S cases of the diffuse infiltrating type. Finally, recent reviews on bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma are summarized.
