title: [Cavitating pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung; report of a case].
abstract: We report a case of a previously healthy 76-year-old male with cavitating pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung. He was admitted because of an abnormal lung shadow on chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) showed a well-demarcated nodular shadow within thin-walled cavity in the right upper lobe. Because the lesion was revealed as adenocarcinoma by transbronchial lung biopsy, right upper lobectomy was performed. By histopathologic examination of the resected specimen, the nodule contained a component of spindle cell features and the cavity wall was composed of adenocarcinoma. The final diagnosis was pleomorphic carcinoma. Postoperative course has been uneventful for 12 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Haibara General Hospital, Makinohara, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed