Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma: an unusual neoplasm. 1995

P L Fernández, and A Cardesa, and L Alós, and J Pinto, and J Traserra
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Hospital Clínico Provincial, University of Barcelona Medical School, Spain.

Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTCS) is a very unusual and aggressive neoplasm characterized by the combination of malignant teratoma and carcinosarcoma features, of which less than forty cases have been reported in the literature. We report on a 75-year-old man with SNTCS that involved the left ethmoid, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses. The tumor showed a complex histological pattern with mature and immature glands, benign squamous and malignant poorly differentiated epithelia, as well as neuroblastoma-like tissue and sarcoma component with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. This peculiar blend of tissue types makes the diagnosis of this entity a difficult challenge, especially in small biopsies or in tumors only partially removed. This tumor must be differentiated from several types of carcinomas, esthesioneuroblastoma, craniopharyngioma, malignant mixed tumor of salivary gland type and germ cell tumors. The present case represents, to our knowledge, the third SNTCS described in the european literature.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008444 Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the MAXILLARY SINUS. They represent the majority of paranasal neoplasms. Cancer of Maxillary Sinus,Maxillary Sinus Cancer,Neoplasms, Maxillary Sinus,Cancer, Maxillary Sinus,Cancers, Maxillary Sinus,Maxillary Sinus Cancers,Maxillary Sinus Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Maxillary Sinus
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
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

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