title: [Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung in a patient with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome].
abstract: Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung (PLC) is a rare malignant tumour presenting with a poor clinical outcome. It is included in the group of non-small cell lung carcinomas that contain sarcoma or sarcoma-like components (spindle cells/giant cells). Because of its rarity and diagnostic difficulties, the authors report a case of PLC in a 44 year-old patient, smoker, with the initial clinical presentation of a dorsal tumoural mass. As the time of diagnosis the tumour was in stage IV (TNM), the patient was treated only with supportive therapy and died five months later. During clinical evaluation, a Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome was confirmed. Clinical-imagiological aspects of this situation are reported as well as cytological and immunocytochemical features.
authors.affiliation: Interna Complementar de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia, Rua Conceição Fernandes, 4434-502 Vila Nova de Gaia.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Rosete
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Antónia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Bárbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Parente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014137:Tracheobronchomegaly / Q000150:complications*