title: Primary clear cell sarcoma of rib.
abstract: Clear cell sarcoma (malignant melanoma of soft tissues) is a very rare soft tissue neoplasm. It generally arises in tendons and aponeuroses. Although metastasis of malignant melanoma to bone is not uncommon, primary clear cell sarcoma of bone is an extremely rare neoplasm. To our knowledge five cases have been reported in the English literature. We present a case of primary clear cell sarcoma of bone in a 28-year-old woman arising in the left ninth rib. We treated the patient with total excision of the mass and postoperative radiotherapy. The patient is alive and well without local recurrence or distant metastasis at 33 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Baskent University Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey. mhersekli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Murat Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hersekli
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozkoc
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bircan
authors.forename: Sercan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozalay
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: Reha N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Tandogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012272:Ribs; D018227:Sarcoma, Clear Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed