Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report

Primary hepatic carcinosarcoma is a rare tumor comprised of a mixture of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. Less than 20 adequately documented cases have been reported, however the imaging features of two cases were briefly described. We present here a case of carcinosarcoma of the liver in a 4...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Jung Hyeok, Kang, Yu Na, Kang, Koo Jeong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Radiological Society 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17673846
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2007.8.4.343
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author Kwon, Jung Hyeok
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description Primary hepatic carcinosarcoma is a rare tumor comprised of a mixture of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. Less than 20 adequately documented cases have been reported, however the imaging features of two cases were briefly described. We present here a case of carcinosarcoma of the liver in a 46-year-old woman, which was confirmed based on pathology. Imaging showed a large mass with large necrotic portions, small cystic portions, calcifications and bone formations.
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spelling pubmed-26271562009-02-17 Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report Kwon, Jung Hyeok Kang, Yu Na Kang, Koo Jeong Korean J Radiol Case Report Primary hepatic carcinosarcoma is a rare tumor comprised of a mixture of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. Less than 20 adequately documented cases have been reported, however the imaging features of two cases were briefly described. We present here a case of carcinosarcoma of the liver in a 46-year-old woman, which was confirmed based on pathology. Imaging showed a large mass with large necrotic portions, small cystic portions, calcifications and bone formations. The Korean Radiological Society 2007 2007-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2627156/ /pubmed/17673846 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2007.8.4.343 Text en Copyright © 2007 The Korean Radiological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report
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title_full Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report
title_fullStr Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report
title_short Carcinosarcoma of the Liver: A Case Report
title_sort carcinosarcoma of the liver: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17673846
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2007.8.4.343
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