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	—	No	Left upper lobe	3/3,7	None
6	56	40	Chest pain Dyspnea	No	Left lower lobe	3,7/5,5	NSCLC

NSCLC: Non-small-cell lung carcinoma.