Sarcomatoid Lung Carcinoma-A Rare Entity
Published: May 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/34312.11457
Jyoti Bajpai, Surya Kant, Abhishek Verma, Darshan Kumar Bajaj, Ved Prakash
1. Senior Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Surya Kant,
Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University,
Lucknow-226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: skantpulmed@gmail.com
Sarcomatoid Carcinoma (SARC) of lung is an uncommon poorly differentiated variant of lung cancer. It is biphasic neoplasm and combination of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal cells. Most of the cases are associated with advanced disease and metastasis. It is aggressive form of non small cell lung cancer. Here we report a case of sarcomatoid lung cancer in 65-year-old smoker male.
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