Pulmonary carcinosarcoma: report of a case with unusual histologic features

Magno, W.B.; Ponn, R.B.; Nash, I.

Connecticut Medicine 56(7): 353-357

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178
PMID: 1424604
Document Number: 390073
An unusual case of a 56-year-old male with carcinosarcoma of the lung containing three malignant mesenchymal elements is reported. The clinical, radiographic, gross, and immunohistochemical findings are presented. The theories addressing the histogenesis of carcinosarcoma are discussed with special emphasis on the findings in this case.

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