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Pulmonary tumor diagnosed as an undifferentiated sarcoma with epithelioid features: a case report

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Title
Pulmonary tumor diagnosed as an undifferentiated sarcoma with epithelioid features: a case report
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13256-016-1056-7
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Mohamed Réda El Ochi, Mohammed Massine El Hammoumi, Abdelhamid Biyi, Mohamed Allaoui, El Hassane Kabiri, Abderrahman Albouzidi, Mohamed Oukabli

Abstract

Pulmonary sarcomas are uncommon accounting for 0.5 % of all primary lung cancers. Undifferentiated sarcomas account for up to 20 % of soft tissue sarcomas. A lung tumor revealed to be an undifferentiated sarcoma with epithelioid features has never been reported in the literature. A 61-year-old white Moroccan man presented with 2 months' history of hemoptysis and dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed a cystic mass involving the lower field of his right lung evoking first a hydatid cyst. Abdominal computed tomography revealed bilateral adrenal nodules. Surgical resection of the lung mass was performed. On pathological examination, the tumor was cystic containing necrotic material. A histological diagnosis of undifferentiated sarcoma with epithelioid features was made. A positron emission tomography scan showed involvement of his pleura, left colon, adrenal glands, left thigh muscle, and leptomeninges. Undifferentiated sarcoma with epithelioid features is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor. Clinical and radiological features are not specific. A differential diagnosis includes sarcomatoid carcinoma, malignant mesothelioma, melanoma, and other epithelioid sarcomas.

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Unknown 12 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 2 17%
Researcher 2 17%
Student > Master 2 17%
Student > Bachelor 2 17%
Lecturer 1 8%
Other 2 17%
Unknown 1 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 75%
Neuroscience 1 8%
Unknown 2 17%
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#17,818,042
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#1,915
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#229,908
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#39
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