A Case of Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma Associated with Alternate Atelectasis.

Choi, Yo An; Kim, Kun Hyung; Cheon, Seog Bae; Kang, Sang Gu; Rheu, Hyung Seon; Lee, Yong Mi; Lee, Ji Shin; Kim, Ji Woon

doi:1995.42.3.413

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(3); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(3):413-418.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.3.413 Published online June 1, 1995.

A Case of Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma Associated with Alternate Atelectasis.

Yo An Choi, Kun Hyung Kim, Seog Bae Cheon, Sang Gu Kang, Hyung Seon Rheu, Yong Mi Lee, Ji Shin Lee, Ji Woon Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, St. Columban Hospital, Mokpo, Korea.
²Department of Anatomical Pathology, St. Columban Hospital, Mokpo, Korea.

Abstract

Carcinosarcoma is an uncommon pulmonary malignancy characterized by carcinomatous parenchyma and sarcomatous stroma. Pulmonary carcinosarcoma represented about 1% of the resected lung tumors. The predominant clinical features are productive cough, chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis, bronchiectasis, and atelectasis, but alternate atelectasis is rare. We report a case of pulmonary carcinosarcoma associated with alternate atelectasis of the right upper and lower lobe.

Key Words: Pulmonary carcinosarcoma, Alternate atelectasis