Table 2 Pathological features and follow-up data for 6 patients diagnosed with carcinosarcoma
Case NO. | Maximum diameter (cm) | Satellite Nodules | Vessel Thrombi | Extrohepatic lesions | Surgical procedure | Components | IHE positive marker for carcinomatous element | IHE positive marker for sarcomatous element | Recurrence free survival (months) | Recuurence/ metastasis? | Follow-up period (months)/outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 | – | – | – | Left hemihepatectomy | HCC + spindle cells | AE1/AE3, CK8/18, Hep, AFP | Vim | 2 | – | 2/A |
2 | 14.5 | – | – | – | Segmentectomy | CCC+ spindle cells | CK7/8 | Vim | 7 | +/Right lung, mediastinal lymph nodes | 13/D |
3 | 7.5 | – | – | gastric wall, gallbladder | Segmentectomy, cholecystectomy,partial gastrectomy | HCC+ spindle cells | CK5/6/7 | Vim | 1.5 | +/Liver, retroperitoneal lymph nodes | 8/D |
4 | 5 | – | – | – | Left hemihepatectomy | Adenocarcinoma + leiomyosarcoma | CK7/18/19 | Vim, SMA | 18 | – | 18/A |
5 | 7.5 | – | – | – | Lobectomy | HCC+ spindle cells | Hep | Vim | 8 | +/Liver | 18/D |
6 | 10.5 | one in S6 | right hepatic vein | right adrenal | Right hemihepatectomy, right adrenal resection | Adenocarcinoma + spindle cells | CK18 | Vim | 2 | +/Liver, right lung, and para-aortic lymph nodes | 4/D |