[An autopsy case of epithelioid sarcoma--a review of the cases reported in Japan].
A 48-year-old Japanese woman died of a general metastasis of epithelioid sarcoma originating in the right palm, which had been irradiated for trichophytia therapy 30 years earlier and where a contraction of the fingers and recurrent ulceration for seven years despite several surgical treatments had occurred. Although the tumor cells in the biopsy materials consisted of both large ovoid and polygonal cells with deeply eosinophilic cytoplasm and spindle-shaped cells, no particular appearances for definite diagnosis were obtained. The epithelioid appearance of tumor cells was first recognized in the metastatic foci of the lungs and kidneys at autopsy. In addition, 20 cases of epithelioid sarcoma reported in Japan are reviewed.
Hara
F
F
Tsubura
A
A
Uemura
Y
Y
Izumi
H
H
Morii
S
S
Nishikawa
M
M
Ogawa
R
R
Shibata
T
T
D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014005:Tinea / Q000532:radiotherapy