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An Invasive Lepidic Predominant Adenocarcinoma Extensively Involving the Lung with Areas of Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
Yuki Tenjin1, Taiyo Komatsu, Sayuri Hirooka
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto Saishunso National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Japan.
Abstract:
Primary lung tumor tissue exhibiting numerous multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells (OGCs) is an extremely rare histological type. In this study, we describe the case of an 82-year-old woman. Chest CT demonstrated an extensive crazy-paving appearance in both of the lung fields and a solid round mass in the right lower lobe. A pathological examination of the tumor revealed sarcomatoid carcinoma containing OGCs combined with diffused, invasive lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma. We herein present an extremely rare lung cancer, invasive lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma extensively involving the lung with areas of sarcomatoid carcinoma containing OGCs.
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