A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report

A 27-year-old male with insidious right arm swelling was diagnosed with a hematoma secondary to a partial biceps tear, later identified as a rhabdomyosarcoma. Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) may present with misleading patient histories and nonspecific symptoms, resulting in misdiagnosis and delayed trea...

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Autores principales: Wells, Matthew E, Qiao, Jesse, Decker, Katelyn E, Parnes, Nata, Rajani, Rajiv, Eckhoff, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10559263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44822
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author Wells, Matthew E
Qiao, Jesse
Decker, Katelyn E
Parnes, Nata
Rajani, Rajiv
Eckhoff, Michael
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Qiao, Jesse
Decker, Katelyn E
Parnes, Nata
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Eckhoff, Michael
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description A 27-year-old male with insidious right arm swelling was diagnosed with a hematoma secondary to a partial biceps tear, later identified as a rhabdomyosarcoma. Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) may present with misleading patient histories and nonspecific symptoms, resulting in misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. One of the classic masqueraders of soft tissue sarcomas is hematomas secondary to trauma. Obtaining a prudent history with careful scrutiny of appropriate imaging often helps establish the correct diagnosis. Ultimately, tissue biopsy can resolve any ambiguous cases and prevent delays in diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-105592632023-10-08 A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report Wells, Matthew E Qiao, Jesse Decker, Katelyn E Parnes, Nata Rajani, Rajiv Eckhoff, Michael Cureus Pathology A 27-year-old male with insidious right arm swelling was diagnosed with a hematoma secondary to a partial biceps tear, later identified as a rhabdomyosarcoma. Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) may present with misleading patient histories and nonspecific symptoms, resulting in misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. One of the classic masqueraders of soft tissue sarcomas is hematomas secondary to trauma. Obtaining a prudent history with careful scrutiny of appropriate imaging often helps establish the correct diagnosis. Ultimately, tissue biopsy can resolve any ambiguous cases and prevent delays in diagnosis and treatment. Cureus 2023-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10559263/ /pubmed/37809226 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44822 Text en Copyright © 2023, Wells et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Wells, Matthew E
Qiao, Jesse
Decker, Katelyn E
Parnes, Nata
Rajani, Rajiv
Eckhoff, Michael
A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title_full A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title_short A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report
title_sort masquerading hematoma resulting in the delayed diagnosis of a soft tissue sarcoma: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10559263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44822
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