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[[Image:Sarcomatoid prostate carcinoma -- low mag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Micrograph]] showing a sarcomatoid carcinoma with the sarcomatous component on the left of image and conventional (prostatic) carcinoma on right of image. [[H&E stain]].]]
A '''sarcomatoid carcinoma''' is an epithelial derived [[malignancy]] ([[carcinoma]]), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour ([[sarcoma]]).  It is a '''sarcoma-like carcinoma'''.<ref name=pmid24703022>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zehani | first1 = A. | last2 = Ayadi-Kaddour | first2 = A. | last3 = Marghli | first3 = A. | last4 = Maamouri | first4 = H. | last5 = Kassar | first5 = L. | last6 = Kilani | first6 = T. | last7 = El Mezni | first7 = F. | title = [Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: retrospective study of 28 cases]. | journal = Ann Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.annpat.2013.12.001 | PMID = 24703022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sano | first1 = I. | last2 = Matsumoto | first2 = H. | last3 = Taniguchi | first3 = H. | title = [Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; report of a case]. | journal = Kyobu Geka | volume = 66 | issue = 6 | pages = 517-9 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23917062 }}</ref>
A '''sarcomatoid carcinoma''' is an epithelial derived [[malignancy]] ([[carcinoma]]), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour ([[sarcoma]]).  It is a '''sarcoma-like carcinoma'''.<ref name=pmid24703022>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zehani | first1 = A. | last2 = Ayadi-Kaddour | first2 = A. | last3 = Marghli | first3 = A. | last4 = Maamouri | first4 = H. | last5 = Kassar | first5 = L. | last6 = Kilani | first6 = T. | last7 = El Mezni | first7 = F. | title = [Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: retrospective study of 28 cases]. | journal = Ann Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.annpat.2013.12.001 | PMID = 24703022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sano | first1 = I. | last2 = Matsumoto | first2 = H. | last3 = Taniguchi | first3 = H. | title = [Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; report of a case]. | journal = Kyobu Geka | volume = 66 | issue = 6 | pages = 517-9 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23917062 }}</ref>



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Micrograph showing a sarcomatoid carcinoma with the sarcomatous component on the left of image and conventional (prostatic) carcinoma on right of image. H&E stain.

A sarcomatoid carcinoma is an epithelial derived malignancy (carcinoma), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour (sarcoma). It is a sarcoma-like carcinoma.[1][2]

Generally speaking, these are rare or uncommon tumours and, in most cases, have a poor prognosis when compared to their conventional counterparts.[citation needed]

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References

  1. Zehani, A.; Ayadi-Kaddour, A.; Marghli, A.; Maamouri, H.; Kassar, L.; Kilani, T.; El Mezni, F. (Apr 2014). "[Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: retrospective study of 28 cases].". Ann Pathol 34 (2): 124-9. doi:10.1016/j.annpat.2013.12.001. PMID 24703022.
  2. Sano, I.; Matsumoto, H.; Taniguchi, H. (Jun 2013). "[Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; report of a case].". Kyobu Geka 66 (6): 517-9. PMID 23917062.
  3. Martin, LW.; Correa, AM.; Ordonez, NG.; Roth, JA.; Swisher, SG.; Vaporciyan, AA.; Walsh, GL.; Rice, DC. (Sep 2007). "Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a predictor of poor prognosis.". Ann Thorac Surg 84 (3): 973-80. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.099. PMID 17720411.