Open AccessSarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Lung: A Rare and Unfortunate Disease
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical review and case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-9565
DOI - 10.33140/jcrc.04.04.06
Subject(s) - sarcomatoid carcinoma , malignancy , medicine , lung , pleural effusion , pulmonary disease , rare disease , pathology , carcinoma , copd , disease
Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is an extremely raremalignancy with a poor overall survival rate. Sarcomatoid tumors(SC) can arise out of many organs in the body and are generallyrare but primary PSC’s are among the rarest. Of all lung tumors,PSC’s represent less than 1%. Our case presents a male with a pastmedical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)who presents with a pleural effusion secondary to PSC.