[A case of pulmonary carcinosarcoma with abnormal uptake in bone scintigraphy]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2003 Sep;41(9):671-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 68-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abnormal chest radiograph shadows. Chest CT showed a large mass with calcification in the right lower lobe. Bone scintigraphy revealed abnormal uptake by the tumor. The biopsy specimen obtained by bronchoscopy and fine-needle aspiration demonstrated no malignancy, and chest radiographs obtained two years before were normal. Right lower lobectomy was performed. Histologically, the tumor was composed of squamous cell carcinoma and osteosarcoma, and the diagnosis was true carcinosarcoma of the lung.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinosarcoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
  • Radionuclide Imaging