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spindle cell (squamous) carcinoma (carcinosarcoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma)
A malignant neoplasm of spindle cells probably a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. It containins elements of both carcinoma & sarcoma (derived from both epithelial & mesenchymal tissue). Corresponds to carcinosarcoma; with sarcomatous transformation of carcinoma cells.
Interactions
disease interactions
General
squamous cell carcinoma, lung
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Diagnostic Surgical Pathology. Sternberg ed. Raven Press
2nd ed. 1994 p 1054