Table 1.

Clinicopathological and clinical characteristics of ovarian cancer patients recurring as carcinosarcoma, as reported in the literature.

Author	Age [year]	Primary surgery	Side, histology, and grade of primary tumor	Stage	Site of recurrence	At diagnosis of recurrence treatment	Diagnosis of recurrent tumor	Survival from recurrence
Domoto et al. [2000] [4]	49	TAH + BSO + partial omentectomy + dissection of para-aortic lymph nodes + ascitic fluid	Bilateral ovaries, serous, not available	IIIc	Inguinal lymph nodes	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [heterologous type]	Alive after 16 months
Moritani et al. [2001] [5]	62	Right salpingo-oophorectomy	Right ovary, endometrioid, GIII	I	Abdominal	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [heterologous type]	Alive after 6 months
Gallardo et al. [2002] [6]
Case I	71	TAH + BSO	Left ovary, serous, high grade	IIIc	Pelvic	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [heterologous type]	Died several months after the second chemotherapy
Case II	78	Not available	Left ovary, serous, high grade	I	Pelvic	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [heterologous type]	No further clinical follow-up
Ferrandina et al. [2007] [7]	52	TAH + BSO + omentectomy + appendectomy + pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy + peritoneal washing + multiple biopsies	Both ovaries, serous, GIII	IIIc	Abdominal	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [heterologous type]	Alive after 9 months
Current case	64	TAH + BSO + omentectomy + peritoneal washing + inguinal hernia excision + multiple biopsies	Left ovary, serous, GIII	IIIc	Abdominal and subcutaneous tissue	Surgery followed by chemotherapy	Carcinosarcoma [homolog type]	Alive after 3 months