Sarcomatoid carcinoma
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A sarcomatoid carcinoma is an epithelial derived malignancy (carcinoma), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour (sarcoma).
Examples
- Sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma.
- Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation (sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma).
- Sarcomatoid prostate carcinoma.
- Spindle cell squamous carcinoma.
- Metaplastic breast carcinoma, non-squamous.
- Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung.[1]
- Others.
See also
References
- ↑ Martin, LW.; Correa, AM.; Ordonez, NG.; Roth, JA.; Swisher, SG.; Vaporciyan, AA.; Walsh, GL.; Rice, DC. (Sep 2007). "Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a predictor of poor prognosis.". Ann Thorac Surg 84 (3): 973-80. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.099. PMID 17720411.