Hepatic undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma arising in a mesenchymal hamartoma

Am J Surg Pathol. 1997 Oct;21(10):1248-54. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199710000-00018.

Abstract

We report the case of a hepatic undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma (UES) arising within a mesenchymal hamartoma (MH) in a 15-year-old girl. Mapping of the tumor demonstrated a typical MH transforming gradually into a UES composed of anaplastic stromal cells. When evaluated by flow cytometry, the MH was diploid and the UES showed a prominent aneuploid peak. Karyotypic analysis of the UES showed structural alterations of chromosome 19, which have been implicated as a potential genetic marker of MH. The histogenesis of MH and UES is still debated, and reports of a relationship between them, although suggested on the basis of histomorphologic similarities, have never been convincing. The histologic, flow cytometric, and cytogenetic evidence reported herein suggests a link between these two hepatic tumors of the pediatric population.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Hamartoma / chemistry
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Karyotyping
  • Liver Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Mesoderm / chemistry
  • Mesoderm / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesoderm / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / chemistry
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
  • Ploidies
  • Sarcoma / chemistry
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor