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Detection of ALK rearrangement in an octogenarian patient with pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung.
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Mar 2016
Maruyama Riichiroh, Matsumura Fujio, Shibata Yuji, Takahashi Hiroshi, Okabayashi Hiroko, Kosai Sachiyo, Honda Izumi, Ohkawara Susumu, Sugimoto Mineharu
Abstract excerpt
We herein present a rare case of ALK-positive pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma in an octogenarian patient. A computed tomography scan of the thorax indicated a pulmonary nodule in the right upper lobe of an asymptomatic 87-year-old female. The surgical resection revealed that the disease was pleomorphic carcinoma with pathological T2aN0M0, stage IB. EML4-ALK was evaluated using immunohistochemistry and...
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