[An autopsy case of a so-called carcinosarcoma of the pancreas].
A case of a "so-called carcinosarcoma" of the pancreas that occurred in a 48-year-old female is reported. At autopsy, the pancreatic tumor was seen to have deeply invaded the gastric wall, causing ulceration. The pancreatic tumor consisted of two different histological components: a squamous cell carcinoma and spindle-cell sarcomatous tumor cells. Transitional areas between the two different tumor cells were also present. Since there were transitional areas and a lack of definitive electron microscopic evidence favoring a sarcoma in the sarcomatous tumor cells, the pancreatic tumor was considered to represent a "so-called carcinosarcoma".
Takahashi
K
K
Research Laboratory of Pathology, Toho Univ. Ohashi Hospital.
Wakayama
M
M
Asaji
A
A
Ando
M
M
Shibuya
K
K
Shibuya
H
H
Atobe
T
T
Naoe
S
S
Amari
M
M
Abe
K
K
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*