TY - JOUR AU - Detterbeck, Frank C. PY - 2018 TI - Multifocal adenocarcinoma: perspectives, assumptions and elephants JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 3 (March 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - In the 10/22/17 issue of Thorax , Ruoyan Li and colleagues published an interesting analysis of 2 patients with multifocal adenocarcinoma (1). Both patients were non-smokers who presented with multiple (n=7 and 8) ground glass nodules (GGNs) which were mostly resected and confirmed to be within the adenocarcinoma spectrum, ranging from premalignant lesions [atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH)] to minimally invasive lesions [adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) or minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA)] and invasive adenocarcinoma (2 lesions in patient 2 were not resected). There was no lymph node involvement or lympho-vascular invasion in either case. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/18990