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9208977

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Sarcomatoid carcinomas (SC) of the lung are the most common pulmonary neoplasms that exhibit a composition by spindled or pleomorphic tumor cells. As such, many of them may be confused easily with true sarcomas diagnostically unless special immunohistological or ultrastructural analyses are performed. Reactivity is expected for keratin, epithelial membrane antigen, or collagen type IV in the sarcomalike elements in SC, although it may be focal. Electron microscopy often shows the presence of junctional complexes between tumor cells, with or without pericellular basal lamina and cytoplasmic skeins of intermediate filaments. Current terminological preferences are such that several formerly used terms--including "spindle-cell carcinoma," "pulmonary blastoma," "squamous cell carcinoma with pseudosarcomatous stroma," "pseudosarcoma," and "carcinosarcoma"--are now encompassed by the more generic designation of "sarcomatoid carcinoma." The clinical course of patients with this neoplasm is aggressive, with an overall 5-year survival rate approximating 20%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
40-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung: a clinicopathologic review.
pubmed:affiliation
Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Washington University Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review