title: [Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate].
abstract: The authors report a case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate in a 49-year-old patient. The clinical symptoms were dominated by dysuria and frequency. Digital rectal examination showed a very large, hard and irregular prostate. Serum PSA was normal. Transrectal ultrasonography and abdominopelvic computed tomography showed a heterogeneous mass occupying the vesico-prostatic junction. The patient underwent cystoprostatectomy. Histological examination of the cystoprostatectomy specimen revealed a tumour composed of spindle cells expressing epithelial markers on immunohistochemical analysis and concluded on a diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate. The patient died seven months after cystoprostatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Urologique A, Hôpital Avicenne, Rabat, Maroc. benchek.@mtds.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benchekroun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zannoud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghadouane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alami
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Belahnech
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faik
mesh_terms: D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*