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CASE REPORT

Giant Primary Pulmonary Fibrosarcoma

Ramakant Dixit, Paras Nuwal, Parul Dargar, Sidharth Sharma, U.K. Mathur

Keywords : Fibrosarcoma, Lung biopsy

Citation Information : Dixit R, Nuwal P, Dargar P, Sharma S, Mathur U. Giant Primary Pulmonary Fibrosarcoma. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2010; 52 (2):111-114.

DOI: 10.5005/ijcdas-52-2-111

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 10-06-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2010; The Author(s).


Abstract

A rare case of primary fibrosarcoma in a 48-year-old male is described who presented with a huge pulmonary mass on the left side. The diagnosis was established on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy, supported by immuno-histochemistry.


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