title: Pancreatic carcinosarcoma: first literature report on computed tomography imaging.
abstract: Carcinosarcoma of the pancreas is an extremely rare tumor and has a dismal prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, the histopathological features of the lesion have been illustrated in the literature but to date no reported cases have been documented on imaging characteristics. We report a female case of pancreatic carcinosarcoma presenting as a mucinous cystadenoma on computed tomography (CT). We also summarize the CT characteristics according to the appended CT images in the reported cases. This is the first report of CT features of pancreatic carcinosarcoma in the English literature.
authors: Hong-Yuan Shi, Fei Miao, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors: Hong-Yuan
authors: HY
authors: Shi
authors: Hong-Yuan Shi, Fei Miao, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Xie
authors: Hong-Yuan Shi, Fei Miao, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors: Fei
authors: F
authors: Miao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013156:Splenectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Carcinosarcoma; Computed tomography; Neoplasm; Pancreas
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