Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the lung with an EML4-ALK fusion gene mimicking mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma: a case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We herein report a case of signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the lung with an EML4-ALK fusion gene mimicking mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma. A 79-year-old female presented with a pulmonary tumor located in the right lower lobe measuring 21 mm in size. A right lower lobectomy was performed. The postoperative pathological examination revealed signet ring cell carcinoma with abundant mucin pools, and a multiplex RT-PCR analysis revealed the variant 2 inversion of the EML4-ALK gene.

publication date

  • June 29, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell
  • Lung
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 79960894408

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.05.016

PubMed ID

  • 21719143

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 73

issue

  • 3