Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the lung

Takashi Muramatsu; Mie Shimamura; Motohiko Furuichi; Tatsuhiko Nishii; Shinji Takeshita; Motomi Shiono

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.024

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the lung

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;90(6):e86-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.024.

Authors

Takashi Muramatsu¹, Mie Shimamura, Motohiko Furuichi, Tatsuhiko Nishii, Shinji Takeshita, Motomi Shiono

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. mura@med.nihon-u.ac.jp

PMID: 21095292
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.024

Abstract

We report a rare case of desmoplastic small round cell tumor, which arose from the left lung. A 25-year-old man was found to have an abnormal shadow during a routine physical examination and was admitted to our hospital. A thoracoscopic tumor biopsy was performed under general anesthesia. According to the histopathologic findings of permanent sections, the tumor was composed of sharply outlined nests, clusters, and trabeculae of small round to oval cells separated by a spindle-shaped desmoplastic stroma. A gene analysis revealed chimera genes of Ewing's sarcoma and Wilms' tumor by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor / diagnosis*
Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Pneumonectomy / methods
Radiography, Thoracic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed