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Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review
Joint Authors
Ürer, Nur
Sönmezoğlu, Yaşar
Dalar, Levent
Karasulu, Levent
Sökücü, Sinem Nedime
Kocatürk, Celalettin
Bedirhan, Mehmet Ali
Altın, Sedat
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Background.
Carcinosarcoma of the lung is a rare malignant neoplasm.
We evaluated the diagnosis and treatment of six carcinosarcoma cases, including a synchronous tumour and a solitary pulmonary tumour, along with the clinical and histological features and survival times.
Methods.
From a retrospective analysis of 1076 non-small-cell lung cancer resections performed between January 1996 and January 2011, six patients (0.5%) with pulmonary carcinosarcoma (all males; mean age 58 years; range 53–66) who underwent surgical treatment were studied.
Results.
The mean tumour pathological T diameter was 7.2 cm (median 6 cm, range 3–14.5 cm).
Only one patient was diagnosed with carcinosarcoma preoperatively.
The clinical presentation and tumour localisations differed.
The operations performed were a lobectomy (n=4), pneumonectomy (n=1), and bilobectomy (n=1).
Histologically, the epithelial characteristics of the tumours were consistent with squamous cell carcinoma in most of the patients.
A complete resection was performed in all six patients.
No mortality occurred in the early postoperative period.
The median survival time was 9 (3–25) months.
Conclusion.
The preoperative diagnosis of carcinosarcoma of the lung is difficult due to the composition of the different histopathological structures.
Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice for pulmonary carcinosarcoma, although further studies are needed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sökücü, Sinem Nedime& Kocatürk, Celalettin& Ürer, Nur& Sönmezoğlu, Yaşar& Dalar, Levent& Karasulu, Levent…[et al.]. 2012. Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451214
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sökücü, Sinem Nedime…[et al.]. Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review. The Scientific World Journal No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sökücü, Sinem Nedime& Kocatürk, Celalettin& Ürer, Nur& Sönmezoğlu, Yaşar& Dalar, Levent& Karasulu, Levent…[et al.]. Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review. The Scientific World Journal. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451214
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451214