Review Article
Evaluation of Six Patients with Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with a Literature Review
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients.
| Patient | Age | Cigar (pack years) | Symptoms | Endobronchial Component | Localization | Diameter (cm) CT/surgical | Preoperative diagnosis |
| 1 | 63 | 90 | Cough hemoptysis | Yes | Right lower lobe | 3/3 | NSCLC (epidermoid) |
| 2 | 66 | 40 | Chest pain, Hemoptysis Cough | Yes | Right central | 8/10 | NSCLC with neuroendocrine differantiation |
| 3 | 54 | 60 | Hemoptysis Chest pain Cough | No | Right hiler intermediate Bronch | 5/6,5 | Carcinosarcoma |
| 4 | 53 | 50 | Hemoptysis Chest pain Cough | No | Left lower lobe | 10/14,5 | NSCLC |
| 5 | 55 | 30 | ā | No | Left upper lobe | 3/3,7 | None |
| 6 | 56 | 40 | Chest pain Dyspnea | No | Left lower lobe | 3,7/5,5 | NSCLC |
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NSCLC: Non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
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