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6687282

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
We report the ultrastructure of an undifferentiated ("embryonal") sarcoma of the liver that presented as a right-sided intracardiac tumor in an 8-year-old boy. The patient eventually died because of repeated embolization of tumor to the lungs. At autopsy the hepatic primary was composed of primitive mesenchymal cells with occasional small cysts and ducts lined by benign-appearing epithelium. Electron microscopy of the mesenchymal cells indicated a limited capacity for pluripotential differentiation along fibroblastic, lipoblastic, and even myogenous lines. Epithelial elements closely resembled those lining normal bile ducts but contained increased fibrillar material with haphazard orientation. The histogenesis of this rare hepatic tumor is still unknown, but the occurrence of both epithelial and frankly sarcomatous elements within the primary tumor again raises the possibility of malignant transformation within a pre-existing mesenchymal hamartoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-0938
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Undifferentiated ("embryonal") sarcoma of the liver: ultrastructure of a case presenting as a primary intracardiac tumor.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports