Soft-tissue sarcomas of the hand are rare and the devastating effect of an undiagnosed sarcoma warrants clinical vigilance. We present the case of an unsuspected leiomyosarcoma localised in the hand in order to underline (i) the rarity of the disease in this site, (ii) the role of adequate surgical treatment in the first step, (iii) the relationship with adjuvant treatments, lymph node metastasis and the poor prognosis of this tumour. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Leiomyosarcoma of the hand / Angelini A; Barastegui D; Gambarotti M; Ruggieri P. - In: HANDCHIRURGIE MIKROCHIRURGIE PLASTISCHE CHIRURGIE. - ISSN 0722-1819. - STAMPA. - 47:2(2015), pp. 139-141. [10.1055/s-0034-1395605]
Leiomyosarcoma of the hand
ANGELINI, ANDREA;RUGGIERI, PIETRO
2015
Abstract
Soft-tissue sarcomas of the hand are rare and the devastating effect of an undiagnosed sarcoma warrants clinical vigilance. We present the case of an unsuspected leiomyosarcoma localised in the hand in order to underline (i) the rarity of the disease in this site, (ii) the role of adequate surgical treatment in the first step, (iii) the relationship with adjuvant treatments, lymph node metastasis and the poor prognosis of this tumour. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
