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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr;5(2):E68-70.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.03.01.

Late recurrence of basaloid carcinoma initially treated as a small cell lung cancer

Vladimir Shumaster  1 , Jason W Bae, Scott N Gettinger, Guoping Cai, Anthony W Kim
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Late recurrence of basaloid carcinoma initially treated as a small cell lung cancer

Vladimir Shumaster et al. J Thorac Dis. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

We present a patient originally treated with definitive chemoradiation therapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) of the right lower lobe. At 8 years post-therapy tumor recurred at the site of the original lesion without evidence of distant disease and was treated with lobectomy. Pathology demonstrated the tumor was a basaloid carcinoma (BC) rather than SCLC. She is alive and well at 2 years following her resection and 10 years following her definitive chemoradiation therapy.

Keywords: Basaloid lung cancer; chemotherapy; lung cancer; small cell lung cancer.

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Figure 1
Chest CT scan: A. Original tumor; B. Recurrent tumor in the right lower lobe slightly medial and posterior to where her original tumor was found.
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Figure 2
Biopsy: A. cytology from bronchial brushings at original diagnosis (H&E stain, 400×); B. histopathology from CT-guided needle biopsy at second diagnosis (H&E stain, 400×).
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Figure 3
Histopathology from surgically resected lobectomy (H&E stain, 400×).
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