Pseudomesotheliomatous Lung Carcinoma of Poorly Differentiated Large Cell Type: A case report and review of the literature

N. Sadiq; M. K. Mohsen; I. A. Al Bozom

doi:10.5339/qmj.2008.2.20

ISSN: 0253-8253
EISSN: 2227-0426

oa Pseudomesotheliomatous Lung Carcinoma of Poorly Differentiated Large Cell Type: A case report and review of the literature
Authors: N. Sadiq¹, M. K. Mohsen¹ and I. A. Al Bozom²
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Affiliations: ¹ ¹Department of Medicine and, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar ² ²Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2008, Issue 2, Dec 2008, 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2008.2.20
- Published online: 01 December 2008

Abstract

A 46-year-old female presented with a 20-day history of right pleuritic chest pain and progressive shortness of breath. She was found to have a right pleural based malignancy initially thought to be a malignant mesothelioma but staining with the mesothelioma tumor markers calretinin, HBME-1 and CK5/6, was negative. Some epithelial markers were positive and microscopically it was consistent with a poorly differentiated large-cell carcinoma. The case was diagnosed as a pseudomesotheliomatous lung carcinoma of poorly differentiated large-cell type.

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