"ALVEOLAR-CELL" CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG
Authors: H I McCOY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 April 1951"ALVEOLAR-CELL" CARCINOMA OF THE LUNGHERBERT I. MCCOY, M.D.HERBERT I. MCCOY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-968 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptConsiderable interest has been aroused in a group of pulmonary neoplasms thought to originate in the lining cells of the alveoli. This interest is stimulated by their alleged rarity, and the morphologic and histologic controversy concerning their origin. They are distinguished from other pulmonary neoplasms by a regular layer of nonciliated, cuboidal to low columnar cells which line the alveoli, and by the absence of evidence of primary bronchial involvement.Two cases are presented as examples of alveolar-cell carcinoma.CASE REPORTSCase 1. 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