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Carcinosarcoma
D efinition — An ovarian malignancy with mixed epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation.
Clinical Features
Epidemiology
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Rare tumors, comprising less than 4% of epithelial ovarian carcinomas.
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Presumed to arise in most cases from a single neoplastic clone.
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Can be associated with endometriosis, but can coexist with any epithelial cell type.
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Present at an older age than most epithelial carcinomas, in the seventh and eighth decades.
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