Primary carcinosarcoma of the liver: Clinicopathologic features of 5 cases and a review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-826

  Lao, Xiang Ming ^a   Chen, Dong Ying ^b   Zhang, Ya Qi ^a   Xiang, Jin ^a   Guo, Rong Ping ^a   Lin, Xiao Jun ^a   Li, Jin Qing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Hepatectomy; Liver; Prognosis; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CARCINOSARCOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; STAINING; STOMACH WALL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34447328132     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213431.07116.e0     Document Type: Article

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