Primary carcinosarcoma of ovary an unusual tumor case report with review of literature

Therapeutic Management of Rare Primary Ovarian Neoplasms: Carcinosarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Melanoma and Carcinoid

“…However, the final diagnosis can be made only after the histopathological examination of the material taken during the surgery. Immunohistochemistry may also be used in the diagnostics [3,4,10]. Due to the diversity in histopathological structure of the described neoplasm, no characteristic immunohistochemical pattern was found among the analyzed cases.…”

“…Carcinosarcoma of the ovary is a very rare neoplasm accounting for 1-4% of cancers of this organ [1][2][3]. It is also known as malignant mixed Müllerian tumor (MMMT) or malignant mixed mesodermal tumor [3][4][5].…”

“…Carcinosarcoma of the ovary is a very rare neoplasm accounting for 1-4% of cancers of this organ [1][2][3]. It is also known as malignant mixed Müllerian tumor (MMMT) or malignant mixed mesodermal tumor [3][4][5]. This type of sarcoma usually occurs in postmenopausal women with the history of low parity [4,[6][7][8][9].…”

“…Parity was given in 8 articles and 5 (62.5%) patients turned out to be nulliparas. Primary ovarian carcinosarcoma is very aggressive and usually diagnosed at Stage III or IV (75-80%) according to International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) [3,8,10,11]. In approximately 90% of carcinosarcoma cases, dissemination beyond the ovary is present at diagnosis [3,8,10].…”

“…Primary ovarian carcinosarcoma is very aggressive and usually diagnosed at Stage III or IV (75-80%) according to International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) [3,8,10,11]. In approximately 90% of carcinosarcoma cases, dissemination beyond the ovary is present at diagnosis [3,8,10]. Carcinosarcoma initially spreads intra abdominally mainly to omentum, upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, bladder, liver and spleen.…”