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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Metastatic Pleomorphic Carcinoma of the Lung with Extensive Chromosomal Rearrangements: An Autopsy Case with a Literature Review.

Fukuko Matsumoto, Michiko Matsuzawa Adachi, Katsuyuki Yoshida, Takeshi Yamashita, Jun Shiihara, Takahiko Fukuchi, Haruka Morikawa, Masahiko Hiruta, Keisuke Tanno, Noriko Oyama-Manabe and 2 more

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Fukuko MatsumotoDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Michiko Matsuzawa AdachiDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Katsuyuki YoshidaDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Takeshi YamashitaDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Jun ShiiharaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Takahiko FukuchiDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Haruka MorikawaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Masahiko HirutaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Keisuke TannoDepartment of Radiology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Noriko Oyama-ManabeDepartment of Radiology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Hisashi OshiroDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.
Hitoshi SugawaraDivision of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical University, Saitama Medical Center, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report a 47-year-old man who presented with progressive paraparesis. Imaging revealed a right upper pulmonary nodule, massive bilateral adrenal metastases, thoracolumbar vertebral osteolysis, and subcutaneous nodules. A biopsy of the right buttock nodule revealed a poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma with high programmed cell death-ligand 1 expression and extensive chromosomal rearrangements. The patient died 10 days after the initiation of pembrolizumab treatment. Autopsy findings confirmed pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma with extensive metastases. Quantification of chromosomal rearrangements revealed a jump-up mutation from the normal karyotype, followed by a further incremental increase in the degree of deviation.

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Chromosome AberrationsLung NeoplasmsAutopsyFatal OutcomeGene RearrangementHumansMaleMiddle Ageddriver oncogenesextensive chromosomal rearrangementhigh programmed cell death-ligand 1 expressionimmune checkpoint inhibitorsmassive bilateral adrenal metastasespleomorphic carcinoma of the lung

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PMID38960695
PMCPMC11867757

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