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Pulmonary adenocarcinoma with heterotopic bone formation
Author(s) -
Hara Hidenori,
Iwabuchi Keiichi,
Shinada Jun,
Yoshimura Hirokuni,
Kameya Toru
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01125.x
Subject(s) - ossification , malignancy , pathology , adenocarcinoma , medicine , calcification , pulmonary adenocarcinoma , heterotopic ossification , lung , pathogenesis , radiology , anatomy , cancer
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a common malignancy. Frequently, this tumor can cause calcification within a primary tumor. However, an extremely rare occurrence in lung carcinomas is ossification within a primary tumor, and to our knowledge only three cases have been reported. We report a case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with ossification, and discuss the pathogenesis of intratumoral ossification with a review of the literature.