Table 1 Clinical characteristics of reported cases of myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung.
AUTHOR | Age/Sex | Smoking | Location | Pre-op Bx Diagnosis | Size (cm) | Resection Type | Local Recurrence | Metastasis | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Present case | 63F | No | RLL, Pleural & parenchymal | Low grade spindle cell neoplasm | 13.0 | Wedge/Local excision | No | Yes, same lobe/pleura at time of resection, liver at 36 months | AWD at 36 months |
Masuya 2005 | 48M | Yes | LLL, Parenchymal & Endobronchial | Sarcoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma, carcinosarcoma | 1.5 | Lobectomy | No | No | NED 15 months |
Miura 2000 | 46M | NA | Right hilum, Right Main Stem, Endobronchial | No atypical cells | 6.5 | Pneumonectomy | No | Yes, LLL | AWD at 7 months |
Higashiyama | 58M | Yes | RUL, Endobronchial | NA | 3.8 | Sleeve bilobectomy (RUL/RML) | No | Yes, soft tissue left arm and hip | DOC at 14 months (metastatic synchronous adenocarcinoma) |
Higashiyama 1998 | 58M | Yes | LUL, Endobronchial | Squamous cell carcinoma | 6.0 | Sleeve lobectomy (LUL) | No | Yes, liver | DOD, 60 months |
Sekine 1998 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Yes | NA |