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Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the lung: Report of a case

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This report presents a rare case of pulmonary sarcoma with regional anaplastic changes. A 73-year-old Japanese man with a hamartoma-like nodule of the left lung accompanied by interstitial pneumonia was followed up for 30 months. He underwent a surgical resection due to the rapid growth of the lung nodule. A pathological examination revealed a dedifferentiated sarcoma arising from the chondrosarcoma.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Daigo Kawano, Fumihiro Shoji, Kensaku Ito, Tokujiro Yano & Yoshihiko Maehara

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Ichiro Yoshino

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Kawano, D., Yoshino, I., Shoji, F. et al. Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the lung: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 251–254 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-009-4240-1

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