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A Rare Case of Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Breast Cover

A Rare Case of Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Breast

Forum of Clinical Oncology
Volume 13 (2022): Issue 1 (December 2022)
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|Mar 2023

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Figure 1

On low power examination the tumor shows a biphasic pattern consisting of epithelial and sarcomatoid elements (Fig. 1, H&E x 4).
On low power examination the tumor shows a biphasic pattern consisting of epithelial and sarcomatoid elements (Fig. 1, H&E x 4).

Figure 2

On higher power examination the epithelial component displays high-grade atypia (Fig. 2, H&E x 20).
On higher power examination the epithelial component displays high-grade atypia (Fig. 2, H&E x 20).

Figure 3

On higher power examination the sarcomatoid component consists of a proliferation of high-grade pleomorphic spindle cells (Fig. 3, H&E x 20).
On higher power examination the sarcomatoid component consists of a proliferation of high-grade pleomorphic spindle cells (Fig. 3, H&E x 20).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1792-362X | Journal ISSN: 1792-345X
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Language: English
Page range: 48 - 52
Submitted on: Jul 14, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 22, 2023
Published on: Mar 27, 2023
Published by: Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
breast cancer,
carcinosarcoma,
triple-negative,
biphasic differentiation,
rare histology,
poor prognosis
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology

© 2023 Maria Kiakou, Maria Tolia, Nektarios Koufopoulos, Konstantinos Tsapakidis, Eleni Arvanitou, Gkikas Konstantinos, Nikolaos Charalambakis, Michalis Nikolaou, Dimitrios Matthaios, Nikolaos Tsoukalas, published by Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
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