Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.
Described is a low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) of the abdominal wall muscles in a 38-year-old black woman. There was no evidence of metastatic disease. A 5.2-kg LGFMS - the largest case ever reported - was resected. One year after surgery, the patient is alive without any sign of local recurrence or distant metastasis. Follow-up comprises abdominal and thoracic CT scans at 6-month intervals.
van den Bossche
M R
MR
Department of Abdominal Surgery, Sint-Elisabeth Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. michael@vandenbossche.freeserve.co.uk
Van Mieghem
H
H
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009236:Myxosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed