Mixed lung mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenocarcinoma with identical mutations in an epidermal growth factor receptor gene.

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Lung cancers presenting two different histologic types are relatively rare. This paper presents a case report of mixed lung cancer comprising mucoepidermoid carcinoma and conventional adenocarcinoma, a combination that has not been reported previously. These two carcinomas showed distinct morphologic and immunohistochemical features. However, gene analysis revealed identical mutations in each component, which...

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