PMID: 28496082May 13, 2017Paper

Slowly progressive Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung

Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Kazuma KobayashiYoshinori Okada

Abstract

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSC) of the lung is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and is reported to show poor prognosis. A 70-year-old man presented to the clinic complaining of a productive cough. Computed tomography( CT) of the chest revealed a nodule in the left lower lobe of the lung. A bronchoscopy and transbronchial lung biopsy(TBB) were performed twice;no evidence of malignancy was found. So we followed up by periodic chest CT. One year and 4 months after the 1st visit, the nodule increased in size from 14 to 19 mm. TBB was performed again and the tumor was diagnosed as SCC. The patient underwent a left lower lobectomy and the tumor was diagnosed as BSC by postoperative pathological examination. Two years and 6 months after surgery, no recurrence has been observed in the patient.

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