Carcinosarcoma (mixed mesodermal tumor) of the ureter. 1987

S Fleming
Department of Pathology, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, England.

An unusual tumor of the ureter in an elderly man is reported. The tumor showed evidence of epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation based on histological and immunocytochemical criteria, and it behaved aggressively, comparable to that seen in other mixed tumors of this type arising from elsewhere within the genitourinary tract. It is proposed that this tumor be designated carcinosarcoma of the ureter.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009362 Neoplasm Metastasis The transfer of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site. Metastase,Metastasis,Metastases, Neoplasm,Metastasis, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Metastases,Metastases
D009373 Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms composed of primordial GERM CELLS of embryonic GONADS or of elements of the germ layers of the EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the gonads or present in an embryo or FETUS. Germ Cell Cancer,Germ Cell Tumor,Neoplasms, Embryonal and Mixed,Cancer, Embryonal,Cancer, Embryonal and Mixed,Embryonal Neoplasms,Germ Cell Neoplasms,Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms,Germ Cell and Embryonic Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Embryonal,Neoplasms, Germ Cell,Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonic,Cancer, Germ Cell,Cancers, Embryonal,Cancers, Germ Cell,Embryonal Cancer,Embryonal Cancers,Embryonal Neoplasm,Germ Cell Cancers,Germ Cell Tumors,Neoplasm, Embryonal,Tumor, Germ Cell,Tumors, Germ Cell
D002296 Carcinosarcoma A malignant neoplasm that contains elements of carcinoma and sarcoma so extensively intermixed as to indicate neoplasia of epithelial and mesenchymal tissue. (Stedman, 25th ed) Carcinosarcomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014513 Ureter One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER. Ureters
D014516 Ureteral Neoplasms Cancer or tumors of the URETER which may cause obstruction leading to hydroureter, HYDRONEPHROSIS, and PYELONEPHRITIS. HEMATURIA is a common symptom. Cancer of Ureter,Ureteral Cancer,Cancer of the Ureter,Neoplasms of Ureter,Neoplasms, Ureteral,Ureter Cancer,Ureter Neoplasms,Ureter, Cancer Of,Cancer, Ureteral,Cancers, Ureteral,Neoplasm, Ureteral,Ureter Cancers,Ureter Neoplasm,Ureteral Cancers,Ureteral Neoplasm

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