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Case Reports
. 2018 Dec;14(4):311-316.
doi: 10.1183/20734735.027418.

An uncommon histopathological diagnosis

Hannelore Bode  1 , Raf Sciot  2 , Emilie Werbrouck  3 , Eric Geusens  4 , Christophe M Deroose  5 , Kristiaan Nackaerts  6
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Case Reports

An uncommon histopathological diagnosis

Hannelore Bode et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2018 Dec.

Abstract

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: H. Bode has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Sciot has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Werbrouck has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Geusens has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C.M. Deroose reports consultancy fees from Bayer, Sirtex, Novartis Pharma and Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), and advisory board fees from Ipsen, Novartis Pharma and Terumo, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: K. Nackaerts has nothing to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest radiograph.
Figure 2
Figure 2
a) CT scan and b, c) 18F-FDG PET.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Bronchoscopy.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Haematoxylin and eosin stain, showing a cellular tumour, some cells of which have hyperchromatic nuclei (yellow arrows). The white asterisks correspond to osteoclast-like giant cells; the blue ones indicate an area of necrosis.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Strong expression of desmin in the tumour cells.
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