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Due to the inherent heterogeneity in histology, biological behavior, and anatomical location, small adenocarcinoma may have various imaging manifestations which results in the common phenomenon of “same diseases with distinct imaging features” and “distinct diseases with same imaging features.” To decode the complicated imaging puzzles and facilitate differential diagnosis, we summarize CT imaging findings of small adenocarcinoma into ten patterns that are discussed with related to pathological features in this chapter.
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Zhang, G., Zheng, X., Li, M. (2018). CT-Based Categorization of Small Lung Adenocarcinoma. In: Zheng, X., Li, M., Zhang, G. (eds) Early-stage Lung Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7596-4_9
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