Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Prostate

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate is among the rarest malignant neoplasm types and has been well known for its aggressive clinical course. Patient was admitted with the symptoms of lower urinary tract. Transurethral resection of prostate (TUR-P) was carried out. Revealing Gleason 5 + 3 = 8 prost...

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Published in:Case reports in urology 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.1-3
Main Authors: Açıkgöz, Onur, Gazel, Eymen, Zengin, Neslihan İnci, Kasap, Yusuf, Çamtosun, Ahmet, Yazıcıoğlu, Ahmet Hamdi
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Language:English
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Summary:Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate is among the rarest malignant neoplasm types and has been well known for its aggressive clinical course. Patient was admitted with the symptoms of lower urinary tract. Transurethral resection of prostate (TUR-P) was carried out. Revealing Gleason 5 + 3 = 8 prostate adenocarcinoma in TUR-P material. Thereby, a Radical Prostatectomy procedure was planned. In operation, frozen examination revealed adenocarcinoma metastasis to the obturator lymph node. The operation was terminated. In the postoperative 3rd month, the patient was re-admitted with acute urinary system symptoms. A cystoscopy performed and complete resection of the mass was performed. The pathological examination reported that the tumor was compatible with undifferentiated adenocarcinoma owing to presence of poorly differentiated tumoral cells and detection of adenocarcinoma in a relatively small (
ISSN:2090-696X
2090-6978
DOI:10.1155/2013/631809