Difference between revisions of "Sarcomatoid carcinoma"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Sarcomatoid prostate carcinoma -- low mag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Micrograph]] showing a sarcomatoid carcinoma with the sarcomatous component on the left of image and conventional (prostatic) carcinoma on right of image. [[H&E stain]].]]
[[Image:Sarcomatoid prostate carcinoma -- low mag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Micrograph]] showing a sarcomatoid carcinoma with the sarcomatous component on the left of image and conventional (prostatic) carcinoma on the right of image. [[H&E stain]].]]
A '''sarcomatoid carcinoma''' is an epithelial derived [[malignancy]] ([[carcinoma]]), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour ([[sarcoma]]).  It is a '''sarcoma-like carcinoma'''.<ref name=pmid24703022>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zehani | first1 = A. | last2 = Ayadi-Kaddour | first2 = A. | last3 = Marghli | first3 = A. | last4 = Maamouri | first4 = H. | last5 = Kassar | first5 = L. | last6 = Kilani | first6 = T. | last7 = El Mezni | first7 = F. | title = [Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: retrospective study of 28 cases]. | journal = Ann Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.annpat.2013.12.001 | PMID = 24703022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sano | first1 = I. | last2 = Matsumoto | first2 = H. | last3 = Taniguchi | first3 = H. | title = [Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; report of a case]. | journal = Kyobu Geka | volume = 66 | issue = 6 | pages = 517-9 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23917062 }}</ref>
A '''sarcomatoid carcinoma''' is an epithelial derived [[malignancy]] ([[carcinoma]]), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour ([[sarcoma]]).  It is a '''sarcoma-like carcinoma'''.<ref name=pmid24703022>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zehani | first1 = A. | last2 = Ayadi-Kaddour | first2 = A. | last3 = Marghli | first3 = A. | last4 = Maamouri | first4 = H. | last5 = Kassar | first5 = L. | last6 = Kilani | first6 = T. | last7 = El Mezni | first7 = F. | title = [Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: retrospective study of 28 cases]. | journal = Ann Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.annpat.2013.12.001 | PMID = 24703022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sano | first1 = I. | last2 = Matsumoto | first2 = H. | last3 = Taniguchi | first3 = H. | title = [Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; report of a case]. | journal = Kyobu Geka | volume = 66 | issue = 6 | pages = 517-9 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23917062 }}</ref>