[Microcytic and hypochromic anemia due to a high-grade undifferentiated, embryonal, pleomorphic sarcoma].
Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma (UES) of the liver is a primary malignant tumor, rarely diagnosed in adults. Because of the absence of specific symptoms, rapid tumor growth, and normality of the common tumor markers, this neoplasm has a poor prognosis. Histologically, UES of the liver is characterized by anaplastic cells within myxoid matrix. Histological, immunohistochemical and chromosomic alterations are similar in UES and in mesenchymal hamartoma, suggesting a relation between these entities. The mainstay of treatment is surgery, while adjuvant treatment could increase survival.
Menéndez
Pablo
P
Servicio de Cirugía General y de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España. pablomensan@hotmail.com
Cubo
Teófilo
T
Padilla
David
D
Villarejo
Pedro
P
Gambí
Daniel
D
López
Rafael
R
Martín
Jesús
J
Pardo
Ricardo
R
de la Plaza
Roberto
R
Jara
Alberto
A
Menchén
Bruno
B
Martínez
Fernando
F
Gil
Aurora
A
López
Antonio
A
Molina
Juan Manuel
JM
Manzanares
Carmen
C
Menéndez Rubio
José María
JM
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology