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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]].]]
[[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 the 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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*[[Spindle cell squamous carcinoma]].
*[[Spindle cell squamous carcinoma]].
*[[Metaplastic breast carcinoma]], non-squamous.
*[[Metaplastic breast carcinoma]], non-squamous.
*Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung.<ref name=pmid17720411>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Martin | first1 = LW. | last2 = Correa | first2 = AM. | last3 = Ordonez | first3 = NG. | last4 = Roth | first4 = JA. | last5 = Swisher | first5 = SG. | last6 = Vaporciyan | first6 = AA. | last7 = Walsh | first7 = GL. | last8 = Rice | first8 = DC. | title = Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a predictor of poor prognosis. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 84 | issue = 3 | pages = 973-80 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.099 | PMID = 17720411 }}</ref>
*[[Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung]].<ref name=pmid17720411>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Martin | first1 = LW. | last2 = Correa | first2 = AM. | last3 = Ordonez | first3 = NG. | last4 = Roth | first4 = JA. | last5 = Swisher | first5 = SG. | last6 = Vaporciyan | first6 = AA. | last7 = Walsh | first7 = GL. | last8 = Rice | first8 = DC. | title = Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a predictor of poor prognosis. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 84 | issue = 3 | pages = 973-80 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.099 | PMID = 17720411 }}</ref>
*Others.
*Others.