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Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma


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1 Government Medical College Jammu, Jammu City - 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India
 

Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma (PSC) is a poorly differentiated NSCLC with sarcoma like differentiation (spindle/giant cell) or a component of sarcoma (malignant bone/cartilage/skeletal muscle). WHO grading 2015, classifies sarcomatoid ca into five histological types: pleomorphic carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, giant cell carcinoma, carcinosarcoma and pulmonary blastoma.

Keywords

Elderly, Lung, Malignancy, Prognosis.
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Malvika Sharma
Government Medical College Jammu, Jammu City - 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract


Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma (PSC) is a poorly differentiated NSCLC with sarcoma like differentiation (spindle/giant cell) or a component of sarcoma (malignant bone/cartilage/skeletal muscle). WHO grading 2015, classifies sarcomatoid ca into five histological types: pleomorphic carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, giant cell carcinoma, carcinosarcoma and pulmonary blastoma.

Keywords


Elderly, Lung, Malignancy, Prognosis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2018%2F175537