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carcinosarcoma
(redirected from carcinosarcomas)

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carcinosarcoma /car·ci·no·sar·co·ma/ (kahr″sĭ-no-sahr-ko´mah) a malignant tumor composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous tissues.
embryonal carcinosarcoma  Wilms' tumor.
car·ci·no·sar·co·ma (kärs-n-sär-km)
n.
A malignant neoplasm that contains elements of carcinoma and sarcoma. Also called sarcocarcinoma.
carcinosarcoma
[kär′sinōsärkō′mə] pl. carcinosarcomas, carcinosarcomata
Etymology: Gk, karkinos + sarx, flesh, oma, tumor
a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous cells. Tumors of this type may occur in the esophagus, thyroid gland, and uterus.
carcinosarcoma [kahr″sĭ-no-sahr-ko´mah]
a malignant tumor composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous tissues.
embryonal carcinosarcoma Wilms' tumor.
carcinosarcoma
a malignant tumor composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous tissues.
embryonal carcinosarcoma
a rapidly developing, malignant mixed tumor of the kidneys, made up of embryonal elements.
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10,43) The notion that the sarcomatous element represents mesenchymal metaplasia analogous to that seen in carcinosarcomas elsewhere in the body comes from data demonstrating the presence of 1 or more identical genetic aberrations in both elements from individual tumors; the latter supports a monoclonal process rather than a collision tumor.
Glioblastoma: morphologic and molecular genetic diversity by Miller, C. Ryan; Perry, Arie / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
1-6) True carcinosarcomas of the larynx and the hypopharynx represent less than 1% of all malignant neoplasms in this area.
Supracricoid partial laryngectomy as a primary treatment for ... by Mosqueda-Taylor, Adalberto / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
1-15) All of these cutaneous carcinosarcomas had developed in patients who were older than 40 years, and most of them behaved in a manner that was clinically less aggressive than the progression of carcinosarcomas at other sites.
Primary carcinosarcoma of the helix of the ear by Goodwin, W. Jarrard / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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