title: Giant laterocervical fibrosarcom.
abstract: Soft tissue sarcomas are rare tumors representing 1% of all malignancies and less than 10% concerning head and neck tumors. We are presenting the case of a 42-year-old patient that was admitted in our service for a giant laterocervical tumor (15/12/10 cm). We performed total excision of this tumor en bloc with the involved tegument; the resulting defect was covered with a split thick skin graft. The weight of the tumor was 500 g. Histopathological examination revealed an intermediate-grade fibrosarcoma. The postoperative evolution was good; radiotherapy was indicated.
authors.affiliation: Central Clinical Military and Emergency Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Clinic. Claudiu_ncd58@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nistor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davidescu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marinescu
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stefănescu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tudose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horvat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*