Abstract
We describe an invasive polypoid carcinosarcoma/sarcomatoid carcinoma arising within a urinary bladder diverticulum in a 65-year-old patient with synchronous, moderately differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma. Histologically, the diverticular tumor exhibits an admixture of different morphologic components, including invasive high-grade urothelial carcinoma, malignant glandular structures in a cellular background of malignant spindle cells, and areas formed exclusively by spindle and pleomorphic cells. There was full-thickness involvement of the diverticulum with extension of the tumor into the perivesical fat and ipsilateral seminal vesicle. In view of the early invasive behavior of carcinosarcoma/sarcomatoid carcinoma combined with the paucity of the muscular layer in the diverticulum wall, a graver prognosis was expected for this aggressive tumor that occurred in this unusual site.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 853-855 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Medical Laboratory Technology
