Primary Mesenteric Malignant Mixed Mesodermal (Müllerian) Tumor with Neuroendocrine Differentiation
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Primary peritoneal malignant mixed mesodermal (Müllerian) tumor.
AIMS AND BACKGROUND Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (MMMT) is a biphasic neoplasm (carcinosarcoma) composed of both epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Extragenital MMMT, including primary peritoneal MMMT, is an extremely rare tumor with features consistent with its origin from the secondary Müllerian system. The neoplastic elements of extragenital MMMT presumably arise directly from the meso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Modern Pathology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0893-3952,1530-0285
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880340