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 ]
Synonyms: lung sarcomatoid carcinoma
Term information
- MEDGEN:353871 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:1000336 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C45540 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- ONCOTREE:SARCL (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:162.9 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- SCTID:707460002 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C1708781 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:0080777 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
otar
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0080777
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C45540
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/707460002
http://identifiers.org/medgen/353871
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1708781