Sarcomatoid Carcinoma: A Rare and unusual histological variant of prostatic carcinoma

Authors

  • Amit Gupta Dept of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
  • Bhavesh Chaddha Dept of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
  • Puneet Prakash Dept of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
  • Priya Pathak Dept of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
  • Neelam Wadhwa Dept of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i5.12336

Keywords:

Sarcomatoid, Prostate specific antigen, Prostate carcinoma

Abstract

Carcinosarcoma of Prostate also known as Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare biphasic malignancy with a malignant epithelial component (carcinomatous) and a malignant  mesenchymal component. We  report a case of this rare and unusual histological variant of  prostatic carcinoma. 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i5.12336

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.6(5) 2015 69-70

 

 

 

 

 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
608
PDF
1030

Downloads

Published

2015-03-25

How to Cite

Gupta, A., Chaddha, B., Prakash, P., Pathak, P., & Wadhwa, N. (2015). Sarcomatoid Carcinoma: A Rare and unusual histological variant of prostatic carcinoma. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(5), 69–70. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i5.12336

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 5 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The journal holds copyright and publishes the work under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license that permits use, distribution and reprduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. The journal should be recognised as the original publisher of this work.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).