title: Ovarian carcinosarcoma: a case report, diagnosis, treatment and literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This report aims to present a rare case of ovarian carcinosarcoma and its current, optimal diagnosis and therapy strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Mainz, "Johannes Gutenberg" University, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Makris
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, "Attikon" General hospital, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siristatidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Mainz, "Johannes Gutenberg" University, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Battista
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, "Attikon" General hospital, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chrelias
keywords: carcinosarcoma; chemotherapy; cytoreductive surgery; malignant mixed mullerian ovarian tumor; targeted therapy