Table 3.
Cases of carcinosarcoma reported in literature
| Case | Author, year | Age (years) | Sex | Site | Distant Metastasis | Outcome |
| 1 | Weidner, 1986 [9] | 73 | M | Sigmoid | F | DOD 4 years |
| 2 | Staroz F, 1995 [10] | 64 | M | Descending | F | DOD some months later |
| 3 | Roncaroli, 1995 [11] | 71 | F | Rectum | F | DOD 6 months |
| 4 | Isimbaldi, 1996 [12] | 86 | F | Ascending | None | NED 2 years |
| 5 | Gentile, 1997 [13] | 40 | F | Caecum | I | DOD 2 months |
| 6 | Bertram, 1997 [14] | 79 | F | Ascending | I | DOD 5 months |
| 7 | Serio, 1997 [15] | 69 | F | Descending | None | NED 6 months |
| 8 | Shoji, 1998 [16] | 78 | M | Descending | None | NED 16 months |
| 9 | Nakao, 1998 [17] | 60 | F | Transverse | None | NED 14 months |
| 10 | Takeyoshi, 2000 [18] | 82 | M | Rectum | F | DOD 6 months |
| 11 | Shah, 2001 [19] | 57 | F | Rectosigmoid | I | DOD 5 months |
| 12 | Kim, 2001 [20] | 41 | F | Sigmoid | None | DOD 4 months |
| 13 | Di Vizio, 2001 [21] | 56 | F | Descending | F | DOD 21 months |
| 14 | Ishida, 2003 [22] | 80 | F | Rectosigmoid | F | DOD 6 months |
| 15 | Aramendi, 2003 [23] | 84 | M | Splenic flexure | None | ARF after 4 hours |
| 16 | Macaigne, 2004 [24] | 67 | F | Sigmoid | F | DOD 2 months |
| 17 | Kim, 2005 [4] | 71 | M | Ascending | I | NS |
| 18 | Present Case | 81 | M | Ascending | I | AWD 2 years |
I metastasis detected at initial presentation, F metastasis detected during follow-up, DOD died of disease, AWD alive with disease, NED no evidence of disease, ARF acute renal failure, NS not specified