title: Cervical synovial sarcoma necessitating multiple neurosurgical procedures.
abstract: Synovial sarcoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour with the worst prognosis among soft tissue tumours. Although chemosensitive, it can only be cured by complete surgical resection, often limited by its anatomical relations. We present a patient with a cervical synovial sarcoma. Three operations were performed followed by equal recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Department of neurosurgery, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Fahed
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zairi
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Assaker
authors.forename: Triantafyllos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bouras
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chastanet
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reyns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*