Pseudomesotheliomatous Type of Sarcomatoid Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Presenting With Hemothorax.

Pseudomesotheliomatous Type of Sarcomatoid Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Presenting With Hemothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Apr 21;: Authors: Sangani NK, Naliath SM Abstract A 44 year old male presented with spontaneous massive hemothorax. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed thickened and nodular pleura with no evidence of lung tumour. Patient underwent right open total pleurectomy. Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry studies of the pleura confirmed poorly differentiated sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma of lung with metastasis to pleura. The carcinoma was psuedomesothelimatous type due to its presentation as diffuse pleural thickening. This presentation of sarcomatoid cancer as pseudomesotheliomatous type with massive hemothorax is rare and can be considered as differential diagnosis in diffuse pleural thickening or hemothorax, especially in absence of clinically identifiable primary lung tumour. PMID: 29689238 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research