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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2018; 13(03): 923-927
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_19_18
Case Report

Primary intracranial manifestation of a carcinosarcoma

Reza Akhavan-Sigari
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Bouali Hospital, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
,
Hesam Abdolhoseinpour
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
,
Werner Meyer
4   Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen
,
Veit Rohde
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
,
Walter Schulz-Schaeffer
5   Department of Neuropathology, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, Homburg/Saar
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Carcinosarcomas are tumors comprising part adenocarcinoma and part sarcoma; the presence of carcinosarcoma in the head-and-neck region is very rare. These tumors are typically highly aggressive (G3) and arise most frequently from the salivary gland. Here, we present a case report on a brain metastasis as the primary manifestation of a carcinosarcoma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a tumor of the pineal region with infiltration of the brainstem and the corpus. The staging following the histopathological diagnosis revealed the origin of the tumor in the left parotid gland. We present an overview of the significance of published treatment strategies in carcinosarcoma.

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Brain tumor - carcinosarcoma - salivary gland


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Article published online:
20 September 2022

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