A series of patients with unusual lung cancers with unusual presentations.

Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med

Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Published: July 2019

Lung malignancies have become increasingly prevalent. Occasionally, an unusual tumour is diagnosed, or a common tumour type presents unusually. This case report reviews 3 cases of thoracic neoplasm, including two cases of uncommon cancers (primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma and thoracic desmoplastic small round cell high-grade sarcoma) and an atypical presentation of malignant mesothelioma.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278993PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2019.v25i2.230DOI Listing

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