Pulmonary mucus gland adenomas: are they always of endobronchial localization?

Case Rep Pathol. 2013:2013:239173. doi: 10.1155/2013/239173. Epub 2013 Mar 4.

Abstract

Mucus gland adenoma is an extremely rare benign lung tumor, presumed to arise from the bronchial mucus glands; it is a TTF-1 negative tumor, centrally located, causing the clinical manifestations of obstruction. We report a TTF-1 negative mucus gland adenoma, arising into the medial bronchopulmonary segment, lacking any relation to a bronchus.