title: [Microcytic and hypochromic anemia due to a high-grade undifferentiated, embryonal, pleomorphic sarcoma].
abstract: 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.
authors: Servicio de Cirugía General y de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España. pablomensan@hotmail.com
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authors: Menéndez
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authors: Padilla
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authors: Villarejo
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authors: Menéndez Rubio
mesh_terms: 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