title: Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma: Clinical, Imaging, Management and Outcome in 29 Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This retrospective study was undertaken to highlight clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical records of 29 patients (14 men and 15 women) were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The soft tissue tumors involved hand, wrist, foot and ankle in 21 patients, more proximal extremities in 7 patients, and neck in 1 patient. The tumors were subcutaneous in 11 patients, and intramuscular in 15 patients. On magnetic resonance imaging, these tumors had nonspecific features suggestive of benign and malignant lesions. An unusual tumor in hand indicated infection, whereas an intraarticular knee tumor mimicked pigmented villonodular synovitis. All tumors were surgically resected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma, a rare low-grade subcutaneous soft tissue tumor of distal extremities with high local recurrence after resection can mimic several benign and malignant lesions on histopathology and imaging. Rarely, it can arise in muscles and tendons, occur in nonacral sites, be aggressive, and even metastasize. In most cases, surgical resection with wide margins can be curative with low local recurrence.
authors: From the *Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and †Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors: Rajendra
authors: R
authors: Kumar
authors: Robert A
authors: RA
authors: Lefkowitz
authors: Afranio Dos Reis Teixeira
authors: AD
authors: Neto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States