title: Stent fabrication for graft immobilization following wide surgical excision of myofibroblastic sarcoma of the buccal mucosa: a clinical report.
abstract: Sarcomas of the head and neck are rare tumors derived from cells of mesenchymal origin. This article briefly discusses the epidemiology, etiology, and classification of head and neck sarcomas. Emphasis is placed on myofibrosarcoma, a malignant tumor of the myofibroblasts. Histologic criteria, prognostic factors, and the multidisciplinary management of these tumors are reviewed. A situation of a surgically excised myofibrosarcoma of the buccal mucosa is reported. In this patient, a stent was fabricated to stabilize a split-thickness skin graft used for the buccal mucosa reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Oncologic Dentistry and Prosthodontics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77230-1402, USA.
authors.forename: Ioli-Ioanna
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Artopoulou
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lemon
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Clayman
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009217:Myosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents