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Abstract
A thyroid carcinosarcoma--a rare neoplasm of the thyroid gland--in an elderly woman is described. On histological examination the tumour showed the characteristic biphasic pattern of follicular carcinoma and mesenchymal differentiation with a chondrosarcomatous component and osseous metaplasia. The clinical features and details of the histopathological and immunohistological examinations of this tumour are reported.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2609238
Source DB: PubMed Journal: S Afr J Surg ISSN: 0038-2361 Impact factor: 0.375