Carcinosarcoma of the prostate.
We report the case of a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed as having prostatic adenocarcinoma with widespread skeletal metastases. After treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog for one year, a second biopsy revealed transformation of the tumour into a carcinosarcoma with heterogeneous and unusual findings in the carcinomatous as well as the sarcomatous component. Among others, these included a papillary growth pattern and a liposarcomatous differentiation. The patient died 5 months after the diagnosis of carcinosarcoma.
Lindboe
C F
CF
Department of Pathology, Sørlandet Sykehus HF, Kristiansand, Norway. christian.fredrik.lindboe@sshf.no
Klem
K H
KH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy