title: Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma of the foot.
abstract: We report a rare case of acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (AMFS) in a 68-year-old woman. Tumor excision of a mass between the 1st and 2nd toe of the left foot was performed after a diagnosis of ganglion in February 2003. Examination of the surgical specimen confirmed AMFS. No recurrence or metastasis occurred during the follow-up period of 4 years. Clinical characteristics such as recurrence rate, metastasis rate and period of metastasis are unclear for AMFS. Long-term clinical follow-up is thus required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. yasuda@med.u-toyama.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nobukiyo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome