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16886806

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a 63-year-old man who, while under treatment as an outpatient for adult onset Still's disease (AOSD), developed edema of the extremities and mediastinal tumor was observed on a chest X-ray film and a chest CT scan. He was not pathologically diagnosed at first and received radiation therapy with a total dose of 30 Gy. Transbronchial biopsy was carried out because the tumor enlarged, and the tumor invasion was observed in the left lumen of the main bronchus. Histological findings suggested a diagnosis of carcinoma with sarcomatoid elements (CSE). Further radiation therapy with a dose of 20 Gy was unsuccessful; his condition gradually worsened and the patient died. The autopsy findings demonstrated that CSE developed in the middle mediastinum, and the other organs were not involved. From an embryologic standpoint, there seemed to be some possible differential diagnoses, such as a pleomorphic carcinoma as a subtype of lung cancer, and CEA as a metastatic mediastinal lymph node cancer of unknown origin or a primary mediastinal lymph node cancer. Like the present case, tumors developed in the middle mediastinum with rapid progression are rare. We report a case, that was difficult to diagnose and treat.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
499-503
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of carcinoma with sarcomatoid elements in the middle mediastinum].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Diseases, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports