Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 62-year-old man was referred to our hospital for an axillary mass. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a right axillary tumor and a left renal tumor. Needle biopsies of lung tumor and renal tumor were performed, but a definite diagnosis was impossible. Because his performance status worsened and the lung tumor grew day by day, chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin was started without definite diagnosis. However, the chemotherapy could not be continued because of interstitial pneumonia and the patient died because of the progression of disease. The final histopathologic diagnosis was pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma based on immunohistochemical staining.
Source: Urology Case Reports
Authors: Yasuomi Shimizu, Taro Iguchi, Yujiro Nitta, Yuichi Machida, Katsuyuki Kuratsukuri, Hidenori Kawashima, Tatsuya Nakatani
Institutions: Osaka City University, The University of Osaka
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,160
OpenAlex ID: W2097316936