Prostatic Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Yusuf Şenoğlu,
Kamil Çam,
Havva Erdem,
Muhammet Ali Kayıkçı,
Ali Tekin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bulletin of urooncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2147-2122
pISSN - 2147-2270
DOI - 10.4274/uob.771
Subject(s) - carcinosarcoma , medicine , oncology , pathology , carcinoma
Prostatic carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy composed of sarcomatous and carcinomatous elements. Predominantly, they are very aggressive tumors with a poor prognosis. In this case report, a 78 year-old male patient with prostate adenocarcinoma developing prostatic carcinosarcoma after using androgen blockade for 3 years was presented. We tried to define the clinical and pathological features of this rare malignancy with current information
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