Carcinosarcoma of the spleen. An extragenital malignant mixed müllerian tumor?

Am J Surg Pathol. 1994 Mar;18(3):309-15. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199403000-00012.

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman with painful splenomegaly underwent surgical exploration and resection of the spleen. Pathologic examination revealed a neoplasm of the spleen exhibiting malignant stromal and epithelial components with müllerian features. In the absence of a recognized neoplasm elsewhere, the carcinosarcoma most likely arose as a primary splenic tumor and may represent an extrauterine malignant mixed müllerian tumor arising in the spleen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinosarcoma / complications
  • Carcinosarcoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / complications
  • Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / pathology*
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Splenic Neoplasms / complications
  • Splenic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Splenomegaly / etiology