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Lobectomy was performed. The cut surface revealed a poorly circumscribed yellow to white firm area 9.0x6.5x6.0 cm which included a white necrotic tumorous lesion measuring 6.0x5.5x5.0 cm (fig 1A). A feeding artery, 0.3 cm in diameter, from the descending thoracic aorta was seen nearby. Pathological examination of the consolidated mass was consistent with an intralobar sequestration accompanied by obstructive pneumonia with dense infiltrations of lymphoplasma cells, foamy histiocytes and fibroblasts. The tumour demonstrated an adenocarcinoma admixed with spindle cells and pleomorphic cells (fig 1B) which showed cytokeratin and vimentin coexpression. The diagnosis of a pleomorphic carcinoma arising in an intralobar sequestration with frequent tumour emboli and regional lymph node metastases was made.
Figure 1 (A) The intralobar sequestration appearing as an ill-defined firm area admixed with white and viable tumorous lesion | |||||||||
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