Soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh: need for angiography in the developing countries.
BACKGROUND
Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are relatively rare tumors that are seldom seen in many surgical practices. In the developing countries, most patients present lately to the tertiary center either because of poverty, ignorance, or poor management by the primary health workers that first come into contact with these patients.


METHODS
We bring you five patients with large STS thighs that were managed by unity between the years 2005 and 2007.


RESULTS
Three of these patients are deceased, and one of the two surviving patients has amputation below the knee. The two surviving patients lost view after 3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Although angiography has been relegated to the background by the advent of modern techniques such as tomography imaging by computer (CT) and imaging by magnetic mirroring (IRM), in the developing countries angiography remains important as one pri-opiratoire of surgical guide in the thigh STS.
Adigun
Ismaila Abiona
IA
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. ismailaadigun@yahoo.com
Rahman
Ganiyu Adebisi
GA
Ogundipe
Kolawole Olubunmi
KO
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult