Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with Intracardiac Extension: a Case Report
Ye-qi Sun1, * , Peng Chen2, Qiang Zhao1
1 Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital,; 2 Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
Ye-qi Sun, Peng Chen, Qiang Zhao. Pulmonary Carcinosarcoma with Intracardiac Extension: a Case Report[J].Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2015, 30(3): 193-195.
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