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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Apr;38(4):448–460. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000134

Table 1.

Definition of Adenocarcinoma in situ, Minimally Invasive Adenocarcinoma, and Nonmucinous Lepidic Predominant Invasive Adenocarcinoma

Subtype Size and Invasion Lepidic Pattern
Distribution
Lymphatic
Invasion
Vascular
Invasion
Pleural
Invasion
Tumor
Necrosis
Adenocarcinoma in situ ≤3 cm and no invasion 100% Absent Absent Absent Absent
Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma ≤3 cm and ≤5 mm invasion Predominant Absent Absent Absent Absent
Lepidic predominant invasive adenocarcinoma >3 cm and/or >5 mm invasion Predominant Absent or present Absent or present Absent or present Absent or present