Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the piriform fossa: a case report with a literature review of a tumour with a predilection for the head and neck.
A low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma was removed from the pyriform fossa of a 44-year-old man. It recurred 4 years later and was removed radically through an incision in the neck. There has been no further recurrence after 11 years.
Coyne
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JD
Department of Pathology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, United Kingdom. Johnnycoyne@doctors.org
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