Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus

Stener, Bertil; Kock, N.; Pettersson, S.; Zetterlund, Bo

doi:10.1016/s0022-5223(19)43050-x

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“…Polypoid tumors of the esophagus, with both epithelial and sarcomatoid differentiation, are rare lesions, representing 0.5% to 2.8% of all esophageal tumors [25,29,32,33,43,44,51]. Virchow was the first in 1865 [54] to call the tumors consisting of intermingled malignant epithelial and spindle cell components "carcinosarcoma."…”

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Carcinosarcoma and Pseudosarcoma of the Esophagus: Two Names, One Disease—Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Iascone

Barreca

1999

World j. surg.

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In the present review we have collected 127 carcinosarcomas and 56 pseudosarcomas of the esophagus from the literature. There were no significant differences in age, sex, symptoms, location, or stalk involvement between the two groups. Infiltrative lesions were observed in 7.5% and 4.0%, respectively. The rate of lymph node metastasis was 52.5% for carcinosarcoma and 45.0% for pseudosarcoma. The resectability was similar in the two groups, and the recurrence rates were 38.0% and 45.5%, respectively. Although recent immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies suggested that carcinosarcoma and pseudosarcoma are a single pathologic entity of epithelial origin, no one has ever compared the clinical behavior of the two entities. Our study showed that the two neoplasms have similar clinical and behavioral outcomes. These findings support, once more, the unifying theory; and we suggest that the definition of "polypoid spindle cell carcinoma of the esophagus" be adopted.

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Carcinosarcoma and Pseudosarcoma of the Esophagus: Two Names, One Disease—Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Iascone

Barreca

1999

World j. surg.

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Pseudosarcoma and carcinosarcoma of the esophagus

Matsusaka

Watanabe

Enjoji

1976

Cancer

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Two cases of polypoid carcinoma with pseudosarcoma and one of so-called carcinosarcoma of the esophagus are presented. The clinical and morphologic characteristics of these tumors are described and the literature is reviewed. It is postulated that pseudosarcomas and so-called carcinosarcomas belong essentially to the same pathologic entity because of their similar morphologic and biologic aspects. The histogenesis of the sarcoma-like elements of these tumors support the theory of epithelial origin on the basis of the sarcoma-like transformation of squamous cell carcinoma and of the presence of epithelial elements in the "sarcomatous" areas.

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Squamous cell carcinoma with sarcoma-like stroma of the female genital tract. Clinicopathologic study of four cases

Steeper

Piscioli

Rosaí

1983

Cancer

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Four cases of squamous cell carcinoma with sarcoma‐like stroma located in the vulva (1), vagina (2), and cervix (1) of postmenopausal women are presented. The gross and microscopic features are very similar to those of similarly named tumors occurring in the upper respiratory and digestive tract and in the skin. Light microscopic, electron microscopic, and immunohistochemical examination provided convincing evidence that these tumors are composed solely of squamous cell carcinoma, which has undergone a spindle cell sarcoma‐like transformation in the deeper portions. Follow‐up revealed an aggressive clinical course in three of the four patients, who died of their tumor between 2 and 45 months after presentation. At the time of death, two of the patients had widespread metastases and the other had massive local recurrence.

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Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus

Cited by 23 publications

References 6 publications

Carcinosarcoma and Pseudosarcoma of the Esophagus: Two Names, One Disease—Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Carcinosarcoma and Pseudosarcoma of the Esophagus: Two Names, One Disease—Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Pseudosarcoma and carcinosarcoma of the esophagus

Squamous cell carcinoma with sarcoma-like stroma of the female genital tract. Clinicopathologic study of four cases

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