A case is reported of polypoid adenosquamous carcinosarcoma with blastomatous features arising in the epiglottis. A 69-year-old man with hoarseness and sore throat was found to have a six cm pedunculated mass located on the epiglottis. Upon examination by light microscopy, it was found that the tumor was composed of not only well to poorly differentiated in situ and invasive squamous cell carci...

Objective: This retrospective study evaluates probability of survival and mode of recurrence in patients with a microscopically positive bronchial resection margin following resection for primary bronchogenic carcinoma, as well as in ̄uence of radiotherapy on survival. Methods: From January 1986 to July 1997, 40 patients had a microscopically positive bronchial resection margin following a macro...

Three new cases of squamous cell and adenosquamous carcinoma of the rectum are reported, bringing the total number of cases in the English medical literature to 72. Each of the three patients presented with painless hematochezia. Therapy was by surgical resection followed by chemoradiation therapy in two patients. The incidence, presentation, diagnostic criteria and methods, tumor location, nat...

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Fine needle aspiration is a useful procedure in the diagnosis of lung cancer, however controversy still remains as to whether it should be employed particularly in patients with operable lung cancer. We report herein a case of metastatic tumor at the site of transthoracic needle biopsy following a curative resection in a patient with stage IB bronchogenic carcinoma. The patient was managed with...