Carcinosarcoma of the parotid gland featuring foci of malignant giant cell tumor Carcinossarcoma da glândula parótida com áreas de tumor de células gigantes

• Main Authors: José Castro Geraldes Filho (Author), Larissa G. M. Carvalho (Author), Nathanael F. Pinheiro Junior (Author), Luiz Antonio R. de Freitas (Author), Paulo Roberto Fontes Athanazio (Author), Daniel Abensur Athanazio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Salivary gland carcinosarcoma is a rare neoplasm in which both stromal and epithelial components meet the microscopic criteria for malignancy. Seventy-four cases have been reported in English-language literature to date. In this study, we describe the case of an 81-year-old male patient with parotid...