Management of small, high-grade extremity soft-tissue sarcoma

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1999

Abstract

Case presentation: A 43 year old woman with a 2 cm mass in her medial left thigh "rst noted after a sports-related injury. After a month with no resolution, she presented to her family practice physician. Routine blood work and radiographs were unrevealing, and a FNA was non-diagnostic. After observation for an additional month, the mass appeared to increase in size and she was referred to MSKCC for consultation. Examination revealed a "rm but mobile 2.5 cm mass in the medial aspect of her left thigh. Excisional biopsy was performed with a 2 cm margin of normal tissue. Pathology revealed a high-grade malignant "brous histiocytoma with negative microscopic margins. No adjuvant therapy was prescribed, and she was placed on a long-term follow-up schedule.

Discipline

Econometrics | Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Areas

Econometrics

Publication

Surgical Oncology

Volume

8

Issue

4

First Page

215

Last Page

218

ISSN

1879-3320

Identifier

10.1016/S0960-7404(00)00030-X

Publisher

Elsevier

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-7404(00)00030-X

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