Erschienen in:
01.06.2015 | Case Report
Carcinosarcoma of the Gallbladder with Heterologous Differentiation: a Case Report
verfasst von:
Mansi Faujdar, Shubha Gupta, Rohit Jain, Deepa Wadhwani
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 2/2015
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Excerpt
Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder is a rare neoplasm. Carcinosarcoma, as the name implies, is characterized by the presence of both malignant epithelial and sarcomatous components [
1‐
3,
6,
7,
10,
14]. It has been described in many locations of the body including the uterus, lung, esophagus, liver, kidney, ovary, and pancreas [
3]. The most common site is the uterus [
4]. We report a case of carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder with heterologous differentiation in a 60-year-old woman along with a review of available literature. …