A sarcoma of 23 years' duration: symptom duration is not a reliable parameter to exclude malignancy

This report describes a 31-year-old woman with a 23-year history of a right buttock mass that was otherwise asymptomatic, but was proven to be a low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (a fully malignant soft tissue tumour with a potential for distant metastasis). This case illustrates that a long-standing tu...

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Published inHong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 250 - 252
Main Authors Lam, Y L, Ho, W Y, Ng, T P, Kan, Amanda, Shek, Tony W H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Chinese
Published China Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 01.06.2012
Subjects
Adult
Buttocks
Female
Fibrosarcoma - pathology
Humans
Muscle Neoplasms - pathology
Neoplasm Grading
Sarcoma
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Summary:This report describes a 31-year-old woman with a 23-year history of a right buttock mass that was otherwise asymptomatic, but was proven to be a low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (a fully malignant soft tissue tumour with a potential for distant metastasis). This case illustrates that a long-standing tumour does not necessarily imply a benign pathology. A vigilant approach should be taken for any tumours that are of significant size (larger than 5 cm).
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ISSN:1024-2708
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