Article
Aggressive uterine sarcoma with rhabdoid features: diagnosis by peritoneal fluid cytology and absence of INI1 gene mutation.
Human pathology - 1 Aug 2001
Knapik J, Yachnis A T, Ripley D, Biegel J A, Rathor S, Hardt N S, Talerman A, Wilkinson E J
Abstract excerpt
We report a primary uterine sarcoma with classic histologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features of a malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor (MERT). It arose in a 71-year-old woman who presented with postmenopausal bleeding, ascites, and a right pelvic mass. Malignant cells with rhabdoid morphology were identified by cytologic examination of the peritoneal fluid. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a 10-cm...
Topics
- Aged
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Ascitic Fluid
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
- Cytoplasm
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
