title: Head and neck epithelioid sarcoma in a child: diagnostic dilemma and anterolateral thigh free flap reconstruction.
abstract: The diagnostic dilemma is discussed of a child who presented with a granulomatous process of the external ear that was originally considered granuloma annulare and was later diagnosed as epithelioid sarcoma. We present the surgical treatment and the first report of reconstruction of a lateral skull base and cheek defect with an anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flap in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States.
authors.forename: Jayakar V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Teot
authors.forename: Yatin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Carl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Snyderman
authors.forename: Elizabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: Frederic W-B
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Deleyiannis
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps