Cavitating pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung; report of a case
Kita, Y.; Nogimura, H.; Kato, M.; Hasegawa, H.; Nagayama, M.; Nishihara, K.; Suzuki, K.; Kazui, T.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 59(10): 959-961
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 16986696 Document Number: 604839
We report a case of a previously healthy 76-year-old male with cavitating pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung. He was admitted because of an abnormal lung shadow on chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) showed a well-demarcated nodular shadow within thin-walled cavity in the right upper lobe. Because the lesion was revealed as adenocarcinoma by transbronchial lung biopsy, right upper lobectomy was performed. By histopathologic examination of the resected specimen, the nodule contained a component of spindle cell features and the cavity wall was composed of adenocarcinoma. The final diagnosis was pleomorphic carcinoma. Postoperative course has been uneventful for 12 months after surgery.