Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung: Report of three cases

Mehmet KEFELİ; Levent YILDIZ; Oğuz AYDIN; Oğuz UZUN; Bedri KANDEMİR

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2008, Volume 24, Number 1, Page(s) 064-068

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Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung: Report of three cases

Mehmet KEFELİ¹, Levent YILDIZ¹, Oğuz AYDIN¹, Oğuz UZUN², Bedri KANDEMİR¹

¹Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, SAMSUN
²Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, SAMSUN

Keywords: Sarcomatoid carcinoma, lung, histopathology

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare tumor group accounting for 0.3-1.3% of all malignant lung neoplasms. It is a heterogeneous group of nonsmall cell lung carcinomas containing a sarcoma or sarcoma-like component. In this paper, we describe three cases of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung and the histopathologic and clinical features of this rare tumor are discussed.

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