Hormuzdi Dinshaw, Desai Sharad, Bommanavar Sushma, Patil Dipti
Department of Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Onco Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2020 May-Aug;24(2):327-331. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_120_20. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
Carcinosarcoma, a biphasic malignant mixed tumor, is an extremely rare neoplasm with >1% incidence. This aggressive malignancy is characterized by the presence of two components admixed with each other, i.e., the epithelial component and the mesenchymal component arising from a monoclonal/multiclonal origin or . Most patients usually present between 60 and 65 years of age with no sex predilection. The authors present a case of carcinosarcoma arising as a mass in the neck region of a 14-year-old male. The case is been presented for its rarity of occurrence in the younger age group.
癌肉瘤是一种双相性恶性混合肿瘤,是一种发病率极低(>1%)的罕见肿瘤。这种侵袭性恶性肿瘤的特征是存在两种相互混合的成分,即上皮成分和间叶成分,它们起源于单克隆/多克隆。大多数患者通常在60至65岁之间发病,无性别倾向。作者报告了一例发生在一名14岁男性颈部的癌肉瘤病例。该病例因其在较年轻年龄组中罕见而被报道。