title: Primary lymphosarcoma of the lungs- a review of 121 cases.
abstract: Lymphosarcomas are the most frequent forms of primary pulmonary sarcomas. A comparison has been made between a total of 121 primary lymphatic sarcomas of the lungs and 314 other histomorphological forms of primary sarcomas of the lungs found in the literature in 15 years, out of which 7 are our own cases. Our results are summarized in a table, which shows the differences. Histomorphology, clinic and prognosis are discussed with special emphasis. The average are is 52 years, the age period 4-80 years, the sex distribution 1:1, the localization of the right side of the lungs 71%, the rate of recidives 4%, the general metastasizing 23%, the number of patients who survived the 5-years limit postoperatively 26.5%. An attempt is made to explain the postoperatively often unusually favorable development of these primarily malignant tumors by the histomorphological and pathophysiological characteristics.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis