[Lung Cancer with Prominent Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy - Who Thinks of NUT Carcinoma?]

[Lung Cancer with Prominent Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy - Who Thinks of NUT Carcinoma?] Pneumologie. 2020 Jan 09;: Authors: Keymel S, Krüger S Abstract A 39-year-old woman presented with back pain at an orthopaedic clinic. Magnet resonance tomography revealed a spinal tumour. Further imaging also showed a pulmonary tumour, massive mediastinal lymphadenopathy as well as unilateral pleural effusion. Histology from biopsies from the spinal tumour and from a mediastinal lymph node revealed NUT carcinoma. The NUT carcinoma that earlier has been named NUT midline carcinoma is a very rare, aggressive tumour with a poor prognosis. Initially, the NUT carcinoma was thought to develop from organs in the midline such as upper airways or mediastinal cavity. However, the NUT carcinoma is not limited to structures in the midline. NUT carcinoma often affects young patients. Due to its low incidence, a standardized therapy could not be established until now. PMID: 31918444 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pneumologie - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pneumologie Source Type: research