Sarcomatoid carcinoma

A sarcomatoid carcinoma is an epithelial derived malignancy (carcinoma), that has morphologic features suggestive of a malignant mesenchymal tumour (sarcoma).

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

Examples

• Sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma.
• Renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation (sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma).
• Sarcomatoid prostate carcinoma.
• Spindle cell squamous carcinoma.
• Metaplastic breast carcinoma, non-squamous.
• Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung.
• Others.

See also

• Carcinosarcoma.
• Metaplastic carcinoma.