RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the presacral region
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 880
OP 882
VO 54
IS 11
A1 P Theunissen
A1 M Fickers
A1 R Goei
YR 2001
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/54/11/880.abstract
AB A 7 cm diameter presacral tumour, not related to the intrapelvic organs, was found in a 51 year old woman. The needle biopsy showed a poorly differentiated large cell carcinoma. The patient died of urosepsis after chemotherapy. Postmortem examination revealed no other primary or metastatic tumour. Histological examination of the presacral tumour showed a large cell carcinoma with a trabecular pattern and strong immunoreactivity for neuroendocrine markers. The tumour was finally classified as a primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the presacral region.