Background/aim: This report aims to present a rare case of ovarian carcinosarcoma and its current, optimal diagnosis and therapy strategy.
Description of case: We 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.
Conclusion: The 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.
Keywords: carcinosarcoma; chemotherapy; cytoreductive surgery; malignant mixed mullerian ovarian tumor; targeted therapy.