Open AccessSynchronous carcinosarcoma of the lower ureter and renal pelvis with heterologous chondrosarcomatous elements: An unusual case report
Author(s) -
Purvish Parikh,
Santosh Me,
Sangeeta Desai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.143358
Subject(s) - renal pelvis , carcinosarcoma , heterologous , ureter , malignancy , medicine , pathology , urology , biology , carcinoma , gene , biochemistry
Carcinosarcoma of the ureter is a rare biphasic neoplasm, with distinct malignant epithelial and mesenchymal components. The mesenchymal component may show heterologous chondrosarcomatous or osteosarcomatous elements. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 13 cases reported in the literature. Synchronous malignancy in the renal pelvis is even rarer and this is the first case of synchronous carcinosarcoma of the ureter and renal pelvis to be reported in English literature, which revealed heterologous chondrosarcomatous areas at both sites