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Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of the liver: Pathologic findings and long‐term survival after complete surgical resection
Author(s) -
Walker N. I.,
Horn M. J.,
Strong R. W.,
Lynch S. V.,
Cohen J.,
Ong T. H.,
Harris O. D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19920101)69:1<52::aid-cncr2820690111>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma , sarcoma , pathology , stromal cell , surgical resection , adjuvant therapy , surgery , chemotherapy , rhabdomyosarcoma
Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of liver is a rare tumor with a reputed poor prognosis. Four patients with this tumor are reported, of whom three were alive without recurrence 1.5, 2.5, and 12 years after initial complete surgical resection, and two of whom received no adjuvant therapy. The fourth patient, in whom complete surgical resection of tumor was not achieved, died with recurrent tumor at 13 months. The latter tumor differed histologically and consisted mainly of closely packed smaller undifferentiated cells with a higher mitotic and apoptotic rate. Eosinophilic globules, characteristic of embryonal sarcoma, were found in some cases to contain condensed nuclear chromatin, evidence of origin from tumor cells dying by apoptosis. One tumor mainly contained large cysts lined by biliary‐type epithelium; this suggested an origin from a multipotent precursor cell able to differentiate along both stromal and epithelial lines.