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'''Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung''' is a rare epithelial derived malignant with [[sarcoma]]-like morphologic features.<ref name=pmid20073605>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Franks | first1 = TJ. | last2 = Galvin | first2 = JR. | title = Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: histologic criteria and common lesions in the differential diagnosis. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 1 | pages = 49-54 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/2008-0547-RAR.1 | PMID = 20073605 }}</ref>  
'''Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung''' is a rare epithelial derived lung malignancy that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour ([[sarcoma]]).<ref name=pmid20073605>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Franks | first1 = TJ. | last2 = Galvin | first2 = JR. | title = Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: histologic criteria and common lesions in the differential diagnosis. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 1 | pages = 49-54 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/2008-0547-RAR.1 | PMID = 20073605 }}</ref>   It is a '''sarcoma-like lung carcinoma'''


==General==
*Rare.<ref name=pmid20073605/>
*Associated with [[smoking]].<ref name=pmid20073605/>
==Gross==
*Mass lesion - typically upper lobe and peripheral location.<ref name=pmid20073605/>
==Microsopic==
Subclassified as:<ref name=pmid20073605/>
*Pleomorphic carcinoma.
*[[Spindle cell carcinoma]].
*Giant cell carcinoma.
*Carcinosarcoma.
*[[Pulmonary blastoma]].
DDx:
*[[Poorly differentiated lung carcinoma]] (non-small cell lung carcinoma).
*Primary lung sarcoma.
*Metastatic disease:
**[[Carcinosarcoma]].
**Poorly differentiated carcinoma.
**[[Sarcoma]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:44, 18 November 2015

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung is a rare epithelial derived lung malignancy that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour (sarcoma).[1] It is a sarcoma-like lung carcinoma

General

Gross

  • Mass lesion - typically upper lobe and peripheral location.[1]

Microsopic

Subclassified as:[1]

DDx:

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Franks, TJ.; Galvin, JR. (Jan 2010). "Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: histologic criteria and common lesions in the differential diagnosis.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 134 (1): 49-54. doi:10.1043/2008-0547-RAR.1. PMID 20073605.