This study searched a rare and aggressive type of cancer in dogs and humans, the breast carcinosarcoma. Both clinical and pathological traits of mammary carcinosarcomas in dogs are similar to humans, such as infrequent occurrence, fast tumor growth, and unfavorable prognosis when compared to carcinomas. Other possible alterations include chromosomal abnormalities that can be useful for the iden...

El carcinosarcoma primario ovárico es una neoplasia de baja incidencia, que suele ser diagnosticado en estadios avanzados y cursa con un mal pronóstico. Se comunica el caso paciente 64 años tumoración abdominopélvica 15 cm. examen histológico evidenció maligna bifásica ovárica asociada a carcinoma seroso intraepitelial tubárico, hallazgo estaría relación la patogénesis esta neoplasia.

Carcinosarcomas of the pancreas are rare entities with a dismal prognosis. We report a rare case of pancreatic carcinosarcoma in a 49-year-old African American female who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy and exploration of the pancreatic mass. The surgery revealed a sclerotic mass in the body and tail of the pancreas that was surgically unresectable, and...

INTRODUCTION De novo malignancies have become one of the leading causes of late mortality after renal transplantation, with their incidence being 2-15 fold higher than in general population. We present herein a unique case of ovarian carcinosarcoma in a renal transplant recipient. CASE REPORT A 69-year-old female renal transplant recipient presented with progressive distension and vague abdom...

http://ejgo.org Uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) is a relatively rare tumor in gynecologic malignancy that comprises less than 5% of uterine cancers, but it often shows an aggressive phenotype that has contributed to 30% of uterine cancer deaths [1]. Ovarian carcinosarcoma (OCS) is a very rare ovarian tumor that accounts for only 1% of ovarian cancer, and is composed of both malignant epithelial an...

Carcinosarcoma of the uterine cervix is less common than its counterpart in the uterine corpus. On the other hand, mesonephric adenocarcinoma is also a rare neoplasm in the uterine cervix, and it has been reported that mesonephric adenocarcinomas are often accompanied by sarcomatous components. We present a case of mesonephric adenocarcinoma with a sarcomatous component which arose in a 63-year...

AIM To investigate the role of oestrogen and progesterone receptor status in uterine carcinosarcomas (mixed Müllerian tumours) to see whether the receptors were identifiable, and if so whether they were of significance clinically. METHODS 11 cases of uterine carcinosarcoma were identified from clinical and pathology records. An immunohistochemical method was used to demonstrate oestrogen and ...