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*Ovarian carcinosarcoma. | *Ovarian carcinosarcoma. | ||
*Fallopian tube carcinosarcoma. | *Fallopian tube carcinosarcoma. | ||
==Relation to carcinoma, metaplastic carcinoma and sarcomatoid carcinoma== | |||
''Carcinosarcoma'' implies that the tumour arose from mesenchymal cells and epithelial cells simultaneously. | |||
This is in contradistinction to (1) ''[[sarcomatoid carcinoma]]s'' which arise from epithelial cells and then transform to become sarcoma-like, and (2) ''[[metaplastic carcinoma]]s'' which arise from epithelial cells that have undergone a (morphologic) transformation (metaplasia). | |||
Uterine carcinosarcomas are generally considered [[metaplastic carcinoma]]s;<ref name=pmid25805398>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cantrell | first1 = LA. | last2 = Blank | first2 = SV. | last3 = Duska | first3 = LR. | title = Uterine carcinosarcoma: A review of the literature. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 137 | issue = 3 | pages = 581-588 | month = Jun | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.03.041 | PMID = 25805398 }}</ref><ref name=pmid25468677>{{Cite journal | last1 = Artioli | first1 = G. | last2 = Wabersich | first2 = J. | last3 = Ludwig | first3 = K. | last4 = Gardiman | first4 = MP. | last5 = Borgato | first5 = L. | last6 = Garbin | first6 = F. | title = Rare uterine cancer: carcinosarcomas. Review from histology to treatment. | journal = Crit Rev Oncol Hematol | volume = 94 | issue = 1 | pages = 98-104 | month = Apr | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.10.013 | PMID = 25468677 }}</ref> they putatively arise from epithelial cells (only). | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||