Roentogenographic findings of 25 cases of pulmonary tumors originated from bronchial glands were discused.
: Carcinoid tumor in 5, Adenoid cystic carcinoma in 2, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in 2, and Adenocarcinoma pathologicaly diagnosed to be bronchial gland carcinoma in 16 cases. Seven cases of the Tumors, excluding adenocarcinoma, were observed proxymal to the subsegmental bronchi. The extrabronchial invasion were observed less frequent in bronchial gland tumors than in bronchogenic carcinomas.
Radiographically atelectasis and obstructive pneumonitis were promiment features and non invasive findings could be well demonstrated by pulmonary angiograms. Therefore pulmonary angiography can become an useful diagnostic method to distinguish from bronchogenic carcinoma.
Bronchial gland adenocarcinoma tend to originated from more proxymal bronchi than the site of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma, and tend to grow into the lumen of the bronchus.
In case of coin lesion in the periphery of the lung, the shadow shows considerably high density comparing with that of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma and shows less frequent the constriction of the lung structures around the lesion.
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