Morphologic Heterogeneity in Carcinosarcoma of the Gallbladder: Report of a Rare Cases

• Main Authors: Vani Krishnamurthy (Author), Sheela Devi C. Shivalingiah (Author), Sunila Ravishankar (Author), Gubbanna V. Manjunath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carcinosarcoma is a rare tumor composed of variable proportions of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements and comprises less than one percent of all gallbladder malignancies. In most reported cases of carcinosarcoma of gallbladder, the epithelial component is adenocarcinoma. The mesenchymal componen...