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WHO Classification <strong>of</strong> Metaplastic<br />

<strong>Carcinoma</strong>s<br />

Pure Epithelial <strong>Carcinoma</strong><br />

Squamous <strong>Carcinoma</strong>.<br />

-Large-cell type<br />

-With spindle-cell metaplasia (with or without acantholysis)<br />

Ad Adenocarcinoma i with ith spindle-cell i dl ll metaplasia. t l i<br />

Adenosquamous (“Mucoepidermoid”) <strong>Carcinoma</strong>.<br />

Mixed Epithelial and Mesenchymal <strong>Carcinoma</strong> (Carcinosarcoma)<br />

<strong>Carcinoma</strong> with chondroid differentiation.<br />

<strong>Carcinoma</strong> with osseous differentiation.<br />

<strong>Carcinoma</strong> with rhabomyosarcomatous differentiation.<br />

• Pathol Int. 2009 Sep;59(9):676-80.<br />

• Metaplastic breast carcinoma with<br />

melanocytic differentiation. Bendic A, et al.<br />

- Only seven cases reported so far in World<br />

literature.<br />

- Initial Dx: “Collision Tumor Of <strong>Invasive</strong> Ductal<br />

<strong>Carcinoma</strong> And Metastatic Melanoma.”<br />

- 6 years follow up: pt alive and healthy, without<br />

local recurrence or metastases.<br />

- Final Dx: Metaplastic <strong>Carcinoma</strong> With<br />

Melanocytic Differentiation.<br />

Illustrative<br />

Case #1<br />

10/8/2011<br />

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