Rare Tumors (Sep 2015)

Carcinosarcoma with choriocarcinomatous and osteosarcomatous differentiation in a patient with juvenile polyposis syndrome

  • Rafael Parra-Medina,
  • Patricia López Correa,
  • Julian Jiménez Moreno,
  • Paula Moreno Lucero,
  • Edgardo Yaspe,
  • Fernando Polo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2015.5778
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3

Abstract

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Juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) is an infrequent autosomal dominant hereditary predisposition to the occurrence of hamartomatous polyps in the colon and rectum. We describe the case of a 12-year-old boy with JPS associated with an abdominal tumor. Histological sections of the abdominal tumor showed components of adenocarcinoma, osteosarcoma, and choriocarcinoma. Immunohistochemistry was AE1/AE3, CK7, HCG and SALL4 positive. Juvenile polyposis syndrome patients are at increased risk of colorectal adenocarcinoma. However, we present a case of an adenocarcinoma associated with other unusual components. This association has not been reported before.

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