lung sarcomatoid carcinoma
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0006279
A rare, aggressive, poorly differentiated, non-small cell lung carcinoma characterized by the presence of a sarcomatoid component often associated with giant cell differentiation. There is a male to female ratio of 4:1. Clinical symptoms include cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, progressive dyspnea and fever secondary to recurrent pneumonia. Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor. [ NCIT:C45540 ]
Term info
- ONCOTREE:SARCL (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:0080777 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:162.9 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- NCIT:C45540 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- SCTID:707460002 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:1000336 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
A rare, aggressive, poorly differentiated, non-small cell lung carcinoma characterized by the presence of a sarcomatoid component often associated with giant cell differentiation. There is a male to female ratio of 4:1. Clinical symptoms include cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, progressive dyspnea and fever secondary to recurrent pneumonia. Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0080777, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C45540, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/707460002
lung sarcomatoid carcinoma
sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung
MONDO:0006279