Prostate sarcoma
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Prostatic sarcomaProstate sarcomas is are an uncommon and heterogenous group of tumourtumours arising from mesenchymal cells in and around the prostate (as opposed to the more common prostate adenocarcinoma which derives from the glandular tissue).
Pathology
In children the most common tumour type is a prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma, which accounts for approximately a third of all prostatic sarcomas 1.
In adults, leiomyosarcomas are most common, accounting for approximately a quarter of all cases 1. Many other sarcomas have been reported although in general they are rare.
Overall, prostatic sarcomas include 1,2:
- rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate: most common in children
- leiomyosarcoma of the prostate: most common in adults
- sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate
- malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the prostate
- phyllodes tumour (also known as cystosarcoma phyllodes of the prostate)
- undifferentiated stromal sarcoma of the prostate
-<p><strong>Prostatic sarcoma</strong> is an uncommon and heterogenous group of tumour arising from mesenchymal cells in and around the prostate. </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>In children the most common tumour type is a <a href="/articles/prostatic-rhabdomyosarcoma">prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma</a>, which accounts for approximately a third of all prostatic sarcomas <sup>1</sup>. </p><p>In adults <a href="/articles/prostatic-leiomyosarcoma">leiomyosarcomas</a> are most common, accounting for approximately a quarter of all cases <sup>1</sup>. Many other sarcomas have been reported although in general they are rare. </p><p>Overall, prostatic sarcomas include <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Prostate sarcomas</strong> are an uncommon and heterogenous group of tumours arising from mesenchymal cells in and around the prostate (as opposed to the more common <a href="/articles/prostatic-carcinoma-1">prostate adenocarcinoma</a> which derives from the glandular tissue). </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>In children the most common tumour type is a <a href="/articles/prostatic-rhabdomyosarcoma">prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma</a>, which accounts for approximately a third of all prostatic sarcomas <sup>1</sup>. </p><p>In adults, <a href="/articles/prostatic-leiomyosarcoma">leiomyosarcomas</a> are most common, accounting for approximately a quarter of all cases <sup>1</sup>. Many other sarcomas have been reported although in general they are rare. </p><p>Overall, prostatic sarcomas include <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>
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