Carcinosarcoma of the prostate: Two cases with distinctive morphologic and immunohistochemical findings

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Perez, Noelia ^a   Castillo, Mireia ^a   Santos, Yolanda ^a   Truan, David ^a   Gutierrez, Rafael ^a   Franco, Agustin ^a   Palacin, Antonio ^a   Bombi, Josep Antoni ^a   Campo, Elias ^a   Fernandez, Pedro L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Ductal; Immunohistochemistry; Prostate

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FLUTAMIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LEUPRORELIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEPRILYSIN; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 21244466694     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-1239-x     Document Type: Article

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