title: Soft tissue tumors following traumatic injury: two observations of interest for the medicolegal causality.
abstract: Two cases of tumors of the soft tissues developing at the site of a previous traumatic injury occurring a few years earlier are reported. One was finally diagnosed as aggressive fibromatosis and the other as low-grade fibrosarcoma. Among the pathogenic mechanisms and the etiologic factors involved in such tumors, the posttraumatic causality is discussed, and in addition to the initial trauma, the role of iterative surgery in the first case and mineral muscular inclusions in the second case are examined. The different therapeutic approaches of such lesions are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Unité Médico-Judiciaire, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Delpla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rouge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durroux
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rouquette
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arbus
mesh_terms: D019567:Back Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications