Sarcoid reactions in primary pulmonary carcinoma: report of seven cases.

  • Authors:
    • M Kamiyoshihara
    • T Hirai
    • O Kawashima
    • S Ishikawa
    • Y Morishita
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  • Published online on: January 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.1.177
  • Pages: 177-257
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Abstract

In a consecutive series of 326 patients with primary lung cancer, sarcoid reactions were observed in the regional lymph node or resected lung in 7 patients (2.2%). The average age of the 7 patients, 4 males and 3 females, was 54 years, range 45-70. All the patients underwent lobectomy. The sites in which sarcoid reactions were found were the regional lymph node (N) in 3 patients, the lung parenchyma (L) in 2, N and L in 1, and the tumor stroma in 1. The histologic types were adenocarcinoma in 4 patients, squamous cell carcinoma in 2, and small cell carcinoma in 1. Two patients died of recurrence and myocardial infarction, and five patients are alive, range 5-64 months. The patients with lung cancer complicating sarcoid reactions were significantly younger than the control group (p<0.01), and not significant in prognosis. We conclude that the complication of sarcoid reactions do not influence the prognosis, but that the sarcoid reactions may be a local reaction or resistance to cancer cells.

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Kamiyoshihara M, Hirai T, Kawashima O, Ishikawa S and Morishita Y: Sarcoid reactions in primary pulmonary carcinoma: report of seven cases.. Oncol Rep 5: 177-257, 1998
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Kamiyoshihara, M., Hirai, T., Kawashima, O., Ishikawa, S., & Morishita, Y. (1998). Sarcoid reactions in primary pulmonary carcinoma: report of seven cases.. Oncology Reports, 5, 177-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.1.177
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Kamiyoshihara, M., Hirai, T., Kawashima, O., Ishikawa, S., Morishita, Y."Sarcoid reactions in primary pulmonary carcinoma: report of seven cases.". Oncology Reports 5.1 (1998): 177-257.
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Kamiyoshihara, M., Hirai, T., Kawashima, O., Ishikawa, S., Morishita, Y."Sarcoid reactions in primary pulmonary carcinoma: report of seven cases.". Oncology Reports 5, no. 1 (1998): 177-257. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.1.177