Introduction: Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the stomach is a very rare type of malignant gastric tumor characterized by distinct cell morphology.Only six cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case which illustrates the great rapidity of evolution and the aggressiveness of this histological type. Case presentation: A 80-year-old patient was explored for loss of 20 kg and epigastralgia. The explorations showed a non-metastatic antral sarcomatoid carcinoma with celiac necrotic lymphe node. The oncologic comitee decision was surgery straight away without perioperative chemotherapy.4 weeks after his first CT scan the patient was admitted for preparation for surgery. Clinical and morphological examination showed a clear increase in tumor size with associated tumor infection.The patient had distal gastrectomy. The tumor was perforated and locally advanced.The final pathological exams confirmed the histological type. Surgery was R0, but 4 months after surgery, local recurrence compressing gastro intestinal anastomosis was occurred. Clinical discussion: Operative difficulties and rapid recurrence after surgery would have been avoided by faster surgery after diagnosis. However, the surgery time was only 1 month, which illustrates the rapid evolution of sarcomatoid tumors. Conclusion: Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare tumor. These tumors can be aggressive with a large tumoral voulume and high rate of locoregional lymph node involvement. Our case illustrate the aggressiveness of this tumor. The benefit of peri-operative treatment is unknown.
Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the lung is an unusual thoracic neoplasm with slow growing and low-grade malignancy. Usually, it is diagnosed at a higher clinical stage and is difficult to resect due to its central location. Herein, we report a 56-year-old man with hemoptysis associated with dyspnea and weight loss lasting for one month. Bronchial fibroscopy highlighted a budding nodular tumor in the left main bronchus. The patient underwent a left pneumonectomy with mediastinal lymphadenomectomy. Microscopic examination showed tumor cells infiltrating the bronchial wall and the cartilage and concluded to an ACC of the left bronchus. Ear, nose, and throat examination as well as cervico-facial magnetic resonance imaging were performed to search a primary salivary gland tumor and were returned without abnormalities. The tumor was classified as a primary ACC of the left bronchus without lymph node metastasis. To avoid their misdiagnosis, ACCs of the lung should be well known by the pathologist and surgeons. Their pathological features may be misleading and referring to a benign lesion, however, the presence of cribriform foci and infiltrative pattern are very suggestive. Although, indolent and slow growing tumor, long-term recurrences are quite frequent, especially in case of unclear surgical margin.
