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espanolEl carcinoma sarcomatoide es una neoplasia maligna, poco frecuente, de localizacion extremadamente rara en pulmon, mas frecuente en varones y en clara relacion con el habito tabaquico. Describimos el caso de un varon de 72 anos que presentaba clinica de tos con expectoracion hemoptoica, sindrome febril y cuadro constitucional, en el que se objetivo en la radiografia de torax duplicacion del tamano de una lesion quistica, ya conocida previamente y con sospecha clinica de quiste hidatidico en lobulo superior derecho. Ante la falta de diagnostico con las pruebas no invasivas, se realizo una toracotomia diagnostico-terapeutica, estableciendose el diagnostico anatomopatologico de carcinoma sarcomatoide de pulmon tras la extirpacion de la pieza quirurgica. EnglishSarcomatoid carcinoma is an infrequent malignant neoplasia, extremely rare in the lung, more frequent in men and with a clear relationship with the tobacco habit. We describe the case of a 72 year old man who presented a clinical picture of cough with haemoptoic expectoration, febrile syndrome and constitutional syndrome, in which chest X-ray examination showed a duplication in the size of a previously known cystic lesion, with the clinical suspicion of a hydatid cyst in the right upper lobe. Faced with the lack of a diagnosis with non-invasive tests, a diagnostic- therapeutic thoracotomy was made, establishing the anatomopathologic diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung after the surgical resection of the lesion.