title: Basaloid carcinoma, a rare primary lung neoplasm: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Basaloid carcinoma of the lung is a rare primary neoplasm, first described in 1992. Basaloid carcinoma is an aggressive subtype of Non small cell lung cancer, with poor 5-year survival, even in stage I and II resected tumors. Differential diagnosis from small cell, Neuroendocrine large cell and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma is difficult to be made. We report a patient with lung basaloid carcinoma, initially diagnosed and treated as small cell carcinoma. Thoracotomy and resection of the tumor following chemotherapy, established the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens Hygeia, Kifisias Avenue and 4, Er. Stavrou Street, 15123 Maroussi, Athens, Greece. foroulis@internet.gr
authors.forename: Christopher N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Foroulis
authors.forename: Kosmas H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Iliadis
authors.forename: Panayiotis M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Mauroudis
authors.forename: Paris A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kosmidis
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications