Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus & Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan;95(1):330-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.030. Epub 2012 Dec 25.
A collision tumor is a rare entity consisting of 2 different tumors that, because of proximity, merge together. The diagnosis of a collision tumor requires that the 2 tumors be histologically distinct. This phenomenon has been described mostly at the esophagogastric junction, where a squamous cell carcinoma of esophageal origin collides with a gastric adenocarcinoma. The present case is of 2 histologically distinct tumors with aggressive features occurring at the mediastinum.
碰撞瘤是一种罕见的实体,由 2 种不同的肿瘤由于接近而融合在一起。碰撞瘤的诊断需要这 2 种肿瘤在组织学上是不同的。这种现象主要在食管胃交界处描述,食管来源的鳞状细胞癌与胃腺癌碰撞。本病例是 2 种具有侵袭性特征的组织学上不同的肿瘤发生在纵隔。