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Primary immature teratoma of the prostate with angiosarcoma component: Its unusual response to chemotherapy
Author(s) -
LEE HYUN MOO,
SONG SANG YONG,
PARK JOON OH,
KIM BOHYUN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , teratoma , chemotherapy , differential diagnosis , prostate , pathology , cancer
Here, we present a case of immature teratoma of prostatic origin, which included an angiosarcoma component. This mass proved unresponsive against preoperative chemotherapy for immature teratoma. Angiosarcoma, although quite rare, should be included in the differential diagnosis as a component of prostatic teratoma, especially in cases in which the tumor proves unresponsive to well‐known chemotherapeutic protocols. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of primary prostatic immature teratoma containing an angiosarcoma component.