Browsing by Subject "Carcinosarcoma"

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    Canine carcinosarcomas in the head
    (SAGE Publications, 2005-11) Sánchez, J.; Villafranca, M.; Velarde, R.; Altamira, J.; Martínez Cáceres, Carlos Manuel; Navarro Cámara, José Antonio; Buendía Marín, Antonio Julián; Anatomía y Anatomía Patológica Comparadas
    Four cases of neoplasms in the heads of old dogs were studied. All the dogs showed both carcinomatous and sarcomatous malignant components in an admixed growing pattern. Histologic analysis of the tumors showed that the carcinomatous cells resembled squamous cell carcinoma in all dogs except one, where an adenoid arrangement of the neoplastic cells was also observed. The sarcomatous component showed osteoid matrix produced by pleomorphic poorly differentiated cells, which is regarded as a typical feature of osteosarcomas. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that the components were positive only for cytokeratin (carcinomatous component) or vimentin (sarcomatous component). This observation led us to classify the neoplasms as true carcinosarcomas, thus providing evidence of a new preferential location for this unusual tumor in dog.
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    Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder
    (Murcia : F. Hernández, 1987) Herrera-Goepfert, Roberto; Manrique Ortega, José de Jesús; Rodríguez-Martínez, Hector Abelardo
    The case of a 60-year-old woman with a fiveyear history of abdominal pain, jaundice, and weight loss is presented. On physical examination a hard mass on her right flank was evident. She died under unknown circumstances while she was waiting to be examined. At post-mortem examination the gallbladder was replaced by a neoplasm and there were gallstones within its lumen. Histologically, the tumour was constituted by a mixture of adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and undifferentiated sarcoma. The diagnosis of carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder was established. A review of previously reported cases is presented too.
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    Expression of aurora kinases: Predictor of tumor dissemination in uterine carcinosarcoma
    (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2017) Han, Kyung Hee; Kim, Min A.; Park, Noh Hyun
    Uterine carcinosarcoma is a rare, aggressive, and biphasic tumor. It comprises carcinomatous and sarcomatous components, and mitosis-associated factors are thought to discriminate these two lesions. Aurora kinases are mitotic enzymes that are highly expressed in uterine malignancies. To identify the clinical significance of aurora kinase expression, we performed immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays using cores selected from areas with typical carcinomatous and sarcomatous characteristics. A total of 24 samples were included, from patients at Seoul National University Hospital diagnosed with uterine carcinosarcoma, and who undergone a staging operation between 1997 and 2012. Patients’ clinical and pathological data were analyzed, and expression patterns of aurora kinases were investigated. Aurora kinases A and B were dominantly expressed in the cytoplasm, and phospho-aurora kinases A and B were expressed in the nuclei. Phospho-aurora kinase A and aurora kinase B showed significantly higher expression in the carcinomatous component (P=0.012 and 0.008). High expression of phospho-aurora kinase A was associated with lymphatic metastasis such as positive pelvic lymph node and omental involvement (P=0.012 and 0.037). Overexpression of aurora kinase B was related to vascular invasion (P=0.011). High expression of both phospho-aurora kinase A and aurora kinase B was a prognostic factor for progression-free survival in uterine carcinosarcoma (P=0.049). In conclusion, expression of aurora kinases is associated with bidirectional tumor dissemination into the lymphatic and hematogenous pathways. In addition, high expression of phospho-aurora kinase A and aurora kinase B is a predictor of progression-free survival. Therefore, inhibitors of aurora kinases might be a prospective therapeutic options for uterine carcinosarcoma