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Lung Spindle Cell Carcinoma
A morphologic variant of sarcomatoid carcinoma characterized by the presence of malignant spindle cells and focal lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates. Adenocarcinoma cells, malignant squamous cells, and giant cells are not present. (NCI Thesaurus)
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