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'''Metaplastic carcinoma''' is a type of epithelial cancer (carcinoma). Metaplastic carcinomas are tumours that arise from metaplastic tissue. | '''Metaplastic carcinoma''' is a type of epithelial [[cancer]] ([[carcinoma]]). Metaplastic carcinomas are tumours that arise from metaplastic tissue. | ||
They often contain both epithelial and mesenchymal elements.<ref name=pmid9261471>{{Cite journal | last1 = Patel | first1 = NK. | last2 = McKee | first2 = PH. | last3 = Smith | first3 = NP. | last4 = Fletcher | first4 = CD. | title = Primary metaplastic carcinoma (carcinosarcoma) of the skin. A clinicopathologic study of four cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 363-72 | month = Aug | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9261471 }}</ref><ref name=pmid17519625>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kantrow | first1 = SM. | last2 = Boyd | first2 = AS. | title = Primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma: report of a case involving angiosarcoma. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 270-3 | month = Jun | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3180332b53 | PMID = 17519625 }}</ref> | They often contain both epithelial and mesenchymal elements.<ref name=pmid9261471>{{Cite journal | last1 = Patel | first1 = NK. | last2 = McKee | first2 = PH. | last3 = Smith | first3 = NP. | last4 = Fletcher | first4 = CD. | title = Primary metaplastic carcinoma (carcinosarcoma) of the skin. A clinicopathologic study of four cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 363-72 | month = Aug | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9261471 }}</ref><ref name=pmid17519625>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kantrow | first1 = SM. | last2 = Boyd | first2 = AS. | title = Primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma: report of a case involving angiosarcoma. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 270-3 | month = Jun | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3180332b53 | PMID = 17519625 }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:49, 18 November 2015
Metaplastic carcinoma is a type of epithelial cancer (carcinoma). Metaplastic carcinomas are tumours that arise from metaplastic tissue.
They often contain both epithelial and mesenchymal elements.[1][2]
Not otherwise specified, it usually refers to:
Non-breast metaplastic carcinomas
It may refer to:
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patel, NK.; McKee, PH.; Smith, NP.; Fletcher, CD. (Aug 1997). "Primary metaplastic carcinoma (carcinosarcoma) of the skin. A clinicopathologic study of four cases and review of the literature.". Am J Dermatopathol 19 (4): 363-72. PMID 9261471.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kantrow, SM.; Boyd, AS. (Jun 2007). "Primary cutaneous metaplastic carcinoma: report of a case involving angiosarcoma.". Am J Dermatopathol 29 (3): 270-3. doi:10.1097/DAD.0b013e3180332b53. PMID 17519625.
- ↑ Yoneda, S.; Marx, A.; Müller-Hermelink, HK. (1999). "Low-grade metaplastic carcinomas of the thymus: biphasic thymic epithelial tumors with mesenchymal metaplasia--an update.". Pathol Res Pract 195 (8): 555-63. doi:10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80005-3. PMID 10483586.
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