Recurrence of synovial sarcoma of the abdomen in a 10-year old child.
The case of a 10 year old child with a synovial sarcoma of the left iliac fossa, which recurred 12 months after simple large surgical excision, is reported here. No related lesions and, in particular, no lesion of the articular capsule of the left hip could be found, either on X-ray or at the time of the two excisions. Microscopically, the tumor showed, in all the areas examined, the existence of two characteristic morphological aspects, associating epithelial like type cells and elongated fusiform cells. These features correspond exactly to the classic "biphasic" type of synovial sarcoma. This location of a synovial sarcoma is an uncommon one, both in children and in adults.
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery