title: The First Ever Reported Case of Primary Synovial Sarcoma of Scalp.
abstract: Synovial sarcomas are a rare entity with predilection for extremities and joints. The literature suggests that these tumours are rare in the head and neck region. Very few authors have reported their origin in head. Among the ones occurring in the head region, most of them are found to originate from the parotid area. According to our extensive review of available literature, there has been no reported case of the primary case of synovial sarcoma originating from the scalp convexity. We hereby report one such case in a young female which, by far to the best of our knowledge, is the first ever reported case of a synovial sarcoma occurring on the scalp. The tumour is also the largest ever reported in the literature and posed a great surgical and diagnostic challenge to our team. Through this paper, we recommend that synovial sarcoma should be included as a very rare yet possible differential diagnosis for the scalp tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Biplab
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3829-5206
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Deepak Prakash
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bhirud
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Nitesh
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4929-3954
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Saumyaranjan
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4366-5873
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mallick