Abstract
A 65-year-old man presented with a soft tissue mass in the leg, clinically suspect of a sarcoma. Histologic examination suggested a metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate, which could not be confirmed by immunohistologic studies. However, cytogenetic analysis strongly supported this diagnosis. A primary prostatic carcinoma was indeed found and the patient died of widely disseminated disease. These findings illustrate the significance of chromosomal analysis in the search for a primary tumor in patients with an unknown primary.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 147-149 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb-1996 |
Keywords
- PRIMARY TUMOR SITE
- CARCINOMA
- ADENOCARCINOMA
- NEOPLASMS