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Primary splenic carcinosarcoma with local invasion of chest wall: a rare case

Abstract: We herein present a case of carcinosarcoma arising as a primary lesion in the spleen with the presence of local invasion of chest wall prior to widespread metastasis all over the body of a female aged 64 years. The detailed information of therapy and imaging evidences of morphology, histology, and immunohistochemistry are fully provided. To the best of our knowledge, this is the fifth reported case of a primary splenic carcinosarcoma and even the first case to be described with local invasion in the mongoloid. Carcinosarcoma that develops in the spleen with local invasion is extremely rare.

Key words: Spleen; Carcinosarcoma; Chest wall invasion

Chinese Summary  <19> 一例脾脏原发性肉瘤侵犯胸壁的病例报道

概要:本文报道了一例伴有胸壁局部侵犯的脾脏原发性肉瘤的64岁女性病例。在采用正电子发射计算机断层显像(PET/CT)等先进方法对肿瘤及转移灶进行了及时准确的诊断后,患者接受了根治性手术。同时标本经过苏木精-伊红染色法(H&E)和免疫组化等检查进一步明确了脾脏原发性肉瘤的病理学诊断结果。据我们所知,这是目前世界上第五例原发性脾脏肉瘤的报道,同时也是第一例伴有局部胸壁侵犯并获得手术根治的脾脏肉瘤的报道。

关键词组:脾脏;肉瘤;胸壁侵犯


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DOI:

10.1631/jzus.B1700262

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R733.2

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2017-08-08

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