Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: A case with atypical carcinoid and rhabdomyosarcomatous components

D. E. Rainosek; Jae Ro; N. G. Ordonez; A. D. Kulaga; Alberto Ayala

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Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: A case with atypical carcinoid and rhabdomyosarcomatous components

D. E. Rainosek, Jae Ro, N. G. Ordonez, A. D. Kulaga, Alberto Ayala

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Abstract

Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung are uncommon malignant biphasic tumors composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous components. The carcinomatous component is usually a squamous carcinoma, and the sarcomatous component usually resembles a fibrosarcoma or a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The presence of rhabdomyoblastic differentiation in such neoplasms is exceedingly rare, with only seven documented cases. This report describes a unique case of sarcomatoid carcinoma in a 52-year-old woman in whom the sarcomatous component of the tumor was a rhabdomyosarcoma and the carcinomatous component was an atypical carcinoid. The authors know of no previous report of a sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung in which the carcinomatous component is a carcinoid.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	360-364
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Volume	102
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/102.3.360
State	Published - Jan 1 1994

Keywords

Carcinoid
Carcinosarcoma
Neuroendocrine carcinoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Sarcomatoid carcinoma

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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