title: Sarcomatoid lung carcinomas: a case series.
abstract: We report on three Caucasian Greeks 2 males and 1 female (67, 54 and 62 years old) that were operated with sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung, an uncommon tumor that sometimes is referred as pleomorphic carcinoma (spindle and giant cell carcinomas). These tumors are encountered in the thorax far more often than true sarcomas. There are many erroneous reports of pulmonary sarcomas made before the advent of adjunctive pathologic screening, including immunohistochemical studies. Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinomas represent 0.2-1% of all lung cancers in different series and they are considered that they are not significantly aggressive than ordinary lung carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital Deinokratous 70 Kolonaki, Athens Greece. panos_hountis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hountis
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moraitis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dedeilias
authors.forename: Polychronis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ikonomidis
authors.forename: Mattheos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douzinas