• Hippokratia · Jul 2015

    Case Reports

    Ovarian carcinosarcoma: a case report, diagnosis, treatment and literature review.

    • G M Makris, C Siristatidis, M J Battista, and C Chrelias.
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Mainz, "Johannes Gutenberg" University, Mainz, Germany.
    • Hippokratia. 2015 Jul 1; 19 (3): 256-9.

    Background/AimThis report aims to present a rare case of ovarian carcinosarcoma and its current, optimal diagnosis and therapy strategy.Description Of CaseWe report the case of a 70-year-old patient, who presented at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the University Hospital of Mainz, with a short history of increased abdominal circumference.ConclusionThe symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy of carcinosarcoma follow the pattern of a high grade epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian cancer and primary peritoneal cancer. The rarity of this disease is a barrier to conducting prospective trials and establishing guidelines for high-quality evidence data. Hippokratia 2015; 19 (3): 256-259.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…