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[Bronchopulmonary carcinosarcoma]
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|October 17, 1998
Abstract
Introduction:
Bronchopulmonary carcinosarcoma is an uncommon neoplasm consisting of mixed malignant epithelial and mesenchymal cells.
Exegesis:
We report a case of bronchopulmonary carcinosarcoma in a 62-year-old man illustrating some characteristics of this tumor of poor prognosis and unknown histogenesis.
Conclusion:
Bronchopulmonary carcinosarcoma has clinical and X rays features identical to those of bronchopulmonary epithelial malignant tumors. Most of the authors consider that a totipotential cell might be at the origin of this "mixed" tumor. Although 90% of bronchopulmonary carcinosarcomas are resectable, their prognosis is worse than that of other lung cancers, with a 6-month median survival.