[Microcytic and hypochromic anemia due to a high-grade undifferentiated, embryonal, pleomorphic sarcoma]

Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Aug-Sep;30(7):391-4. doi: 10.1157/13108808.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma (UES) of the liver is a primary malignant tumor, rarely diagnosed in adults. Because of the absence of specific symptoms, rapid tumor growth, and normality of the common tumor markers, this neoplasm has a poor prognosis. Histologically, UES of the liver is characterized by anaplastic cells within myxoid matrix. Histological, immunohistochemical and chromosomic alterations are similar in UES and in mesenchymal hamartoma, suggesting a relation between these entities. The mainstay of treatment is surgery, while adjuvant treatment could increase survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / etiology*
  • Anemia, Hypochromic / etiology
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoma / complications*
  • Sarcoma / pathology