bronchioloalveolar carcinoma /brong′kē·ō′lō·al·vē′ə·lər/ , the less common variant of the two types of adenocarcinoma of the lung, with columnar to cuboidal epithelial cells lining the alveolar septa and projecting into alveolar spaces in branching papillary formations. Also called alveolar adenocarcinoma, alveolar carcinoma, alveolar cell carcinoma, bronchioalveolar adenocarcinoma, bronchioalveolar carcinoma, bronchiolar adenocarcinoma, carcinoma, bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma, bronchoalveolar carcinoma. Compare bronchogenic adenocarcinoma. See also adenocarcinoma of the lung.
