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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2012; 02(01): 45-47
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703557
Case Report

Aggressive Monophasic Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of Small Intestine - A Rare Case Report With Review of Literature

Shetty K. Padma
1   Professor, Department of Pathology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore
,
Harish S. Permi
2   Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore
,
C.N. Patil
3   Medical Oncologist, Department of Oncology. K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore.
,
Michelle Mathias
1   Professor, Department of Pathology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore
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Abstract

Sarcomatoid carcinoma occurring in the small intestine is very rare. They can be monophasic or biphasic. We report a rare case of monophasic Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the small intestine in a 60 year old male patient. The tumor was an ulceronodular mass involving the ileum circumferentially. The tumor infiltrated the full thickness of the intestinal wall and the serosa of an adjacent loop of ileum. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of sheets of malignant spindle cells. The carcinomatous nature of the tumor was evident only after Immunohistochemistry. The diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of malignant spindle cell tumor of small intestine and immunohistochemical stains are required for the correct diagnosis.

Keywords

Sarcomatoid carcinoma - small intestine - monophasic - immunohistochemistry


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