Carcinosarcoma


D efinition An ovarian malignancy with mixed epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation.

Clinical Features

Epidemiology

  • Rare tumors, comprising less than 4% of epithelial ovarian carcinomas.

  • Presumed to arise in most cases from a single neoplastic clone.

  • Can be associated with endometriosis, but can coexist with any epithelial cell type.

  • Present at an older age than most epithelial carcinomas, in the seventh and eighth decades.

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