Prenatal diagnosis of a fibrosarcoma of the thigh: a case report.
We report a rare case of fibrosarcoma of the thigh suspected prenatally. At 27 weeks of gestation a voluminous, vascularised mass was discovered at ultrasound on the foetus' left leg, suggestive of haemangioma or a fibrosarcoma. There were no signs of heart failure. A rapid increase in the tumour mass was noted and a caesarean section was carried out at 39 weeks because of abnormal foetal heart rate. Postnatal ultrasound examination was comparable to that carried out prenatally; pathological examination of the mass biopsied and immunohistochemical investigation provided a diagnosis of congenital fibrosarcoma. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery the infant is now in complete remission without amputation.
Durin
Luc
L
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique et de Médecine de la Reproduction, Caen, France. luc.durin@libertysurf.fr
Jeanne-Pasquier
Corinne
C
Bailleul
Patrick
P
Eboué
Cyril
C
Aicardi
Stéphanie
S
Herlicoviez
Michel
M
Dreyfus
Michel
M
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013848:Thigh; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal