Publications by authors named "Mary M Torrez"
Article Synopsis
- Distinguishing a single heterogeneous tumor from multiple collision tumors presents challenges for pathologists, especially in small biopsies exhibiting histologic variations.
- The case report involves a female former smoker with a lung mass and a metastatic bone lesion, where a needle biopsy showed mixed adenocarcinoma differentiation.
- Next-generation sequencing confirmed the presence of two distinct primary tumors within the same small needle biopsy sample.
Female urethral adenocarcinoma (FUA) is extremely rare. It is an aggressive malignancy, and clear cell and columnar/mucinous ("intestinal") represent the two primary histologic subtypes. Diagnosis is often delayed in patients because of their vague symptomatology; hence, they present with an advanced disease and a poor prognosis.
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