Sarcomatoid carcinoma of colon: extremely poor prognosis

Colonic sarcomatoid carcinomas are known to be extremely rare tumors, with only 22 cases reported either as sarcomatoid carcinomas or carcinosarcomas in the literature. The known characteristics are rapid growth, a high recurrence rate, and an extremely poor prognosis. Herein we report a case of a p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Choi, Yoon Young, Jeen, Yoon Mi, Kim, Yong Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Surgical Society 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22066078
http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2011.80.Suppl1.S26
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Sumario:Colonic sarcomatoid carcinomas are known to be extremely rare tumors, with only 22 cases reported either as sarcomatoid carcinomas or carcinosarcomas in the literature. The known characteristics are rapid growth, a high recurrence rate, and an extremely poor prognosis. Herein we report a case of a patient who had a sarcomatoid carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and died only 22 days after surgery due to rapid tumor growth.

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