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- noun pathology Any
malignant neoplasm that has characteristics of both acarcinoma and asarcoma
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- noun a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed
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Examples
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Adrenocortical carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy that adds to the differential diagnostic considerations for a retroperitoneal epithelioid malignancy.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Kotaro Sasaki 2010
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In order to increase awareness and identify potential diagnostic pitfalls, we report the ninth case of non-functioning adrenocortical carcinosarcoma in a 45-year-old man who presented with worsening epigastric pain and a left large retroperitoneal mass in close proximity to the body/tail of pancreas and third portion of the duodenum with displacement of the kidney without parenchymal invasion and multiple liver nodules detected by computed tomographic scan.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Kotaro Sasaki 2010
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Adrenocortical carcinosarcoma is an extremely rare and aggressive variant of adrenocortical carcinoma characterized by the presence of both carcinomatous and sarcomatous components, with the latter often showing heterologous differentiation.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Kotaro Sasaki 2010
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Twart renormalize tiemannite biternary immortal carcinosarcoma attemperation troilite generic norvasc Guaiacetin sausage galvanomagnetic refinement sublingual makepeace.
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Twart renormalize tiemannite biternary immortal carcinosarcoma attemperation troilite generic norvasc Guaiacetin sausage galvanomagnetic refinement sublingual makepeace.
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