Apudoma of the lung in Iraq

ABSTRACT

172 patients with documented pulmonary APUDOMAS are presented. These represent 22.9% of patients with the histologic diagnosis of primary tumors of the lung seen during a recent ten years period at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular of Medical City Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. The purpose of this paper is to trace the cellular origin of these tumors and relate the lesions to current means of pathological classification. The series reported here is the only so far reported from Iraq. My personal experience in the diagnosis and management of these cases are discussed