title: Pancreatic carcinosarcoma: case report of a rare type of pancreatic neoplasia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Carcinosarcoma of the pancreas is a rare entity comprising a small subset of all pancreatic neoplasms. Diagnosis is usually established by immunohistochemical examination of the resected specimen. Prognosis is limited to several months after resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  We review the current literature on this rare type of neoplasia, considering histopathological and clinical features. The pathologic findings revealed areas of both adenocarcinoma and sarcoma of the pancreas. The adenocarcinomatous areas localized to the tumor within the head of the pancreas whereas the sarcomatous areas localized to regions of the intraductal component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Carcinosarcoma of the pancreas is a rare disease having a dismal prognosis. To our knowledge, this carcinosarcoma is the very rare reported case of a primary pancreatic neoplasm with mixed carcinomatous and sarcomatous components.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. erkan.oymaci@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oymaci
authors.forename: Asuman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argon
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: Ahmet Deniz
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carti
authors.forename: Nazif
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed