Vulvar Carcinosarcoma Composed of Intestinal-type Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Associated With Anaplastic Pleomorphic and Spindle Cell Carcinoma and Heterologous Chondrosarcomatous and Osteosarcomatous Elements: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2018 Jan;37(1):93-100. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000385.

Abstract

Carcinosarcomas (CS) are exceedingly rare in the vulva, with only 3 cases reported in the English literature, associated with squamous cell carcinoma (2) or spiradenocarcinoma (1). We first report a vulvar CS with intestinal-type mucinous adenocarcinoma associated with anaplastic pleomorphic and spindle cell carcinoma and heterologous chondro- and osteosarcomatous elements in a 62-year-old woman, who presented with a painless, slow-growing vulvar cyst for almost 2 years, that rapidly enlarged and hardened in the last 4 months forming a mass. The tumor was widely excised, but recurred 2 months later, and she died 2 months after recurrence. A review on this entity is performed highlighting its morphologic and immunohistochemical features, and discussing issues in nomenclature and potential origins within the vulva.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / surgery
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Carcinosarcoma / pathology*
  • Carcinosarcoma / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology*
  • Osteosarcoma / surgery
  • Vulva / pathology
  • Vulva / surgery
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / surgery