Soft tissue fibrosarcoma. A case report and review of the literature. 1982

S H Silvers, and S Weinstein

The soft tissue fibrosarcoma usually presents as an enlarging, painless mass. Pain is usually a result of pressure on surrounding structures. Fibrosarcomas arise from connective tissue and demonstrate no calcification on x-ray studies. These expansile tumors are firm, round or lobulated, and well encapsulated. Their level of malignancy is graded on the basis of various degrees of differentiation of the anaplastic spindle-cells of which they are composed. Treatment generally consists of wide excision or radical local resection. Five-year survival estimates vary from 60 to 90 percent. The lung is the usual site of metastasis. A case of subungual fibrosarcoma of the great toe is presented.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009260 Nail Diseases Diseases of the nail plate and tissues surrounding it. The concept is limited to primates. Disease, Nail,Diseases, Nail,Nail Disease
D005260 Female Females
D005354 Fibrosarcoma A sarcoma derived from deep fibrous tissue, characterized by bundles of immature proliferating fibroblasts with variable collagen formation, which tends to invade locally and metastasize by the bloodstream. (Stedman, 25th ed) Fibrosarcomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012983 Soft Tissue Neoplasms Neoplasms of whatever cell type or origin, occurring in the extraskeletal connective tissue framework of the body including the organs of locomotion and their various component structures, such as nerves, blood vessels, lymphatics, etc. Neoplasm, Soft Tissue,Neoplasms, Soft Tissue,Soft Tissue Neoplasm
D014034 Toes Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT. Toe

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