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Carcinosarcoma of the prostate
Author(s) -
LINDBOE C. F.,
KLEM K. H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_316.x
Subject(s) - carcinosarcoma , prostate , medicine , adenocarcinoma , biopsy , malignant transformation , pathology , needle biopsy , papillary adenocarcinoma , oncology , cancer , carcinoma
We report the case of a 66‐year‐old man who was diagnosed as having prostatic adenocarcinoma with widespread skeletal metastases. After treatment with a luteinizing hormone‐releasing hormone analog for one year, a second biopsy revealed transformation of the tumour into a carcinosarcoma with heterogeneous and unusual findings in the carcinomatous as well as the sarcomatous component. Among others, these included a papillary growth pattern and a liposarcomatous differentiation. The patient died 5 months after the diagnosis of carcinosarcoma.