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Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges

Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare, slow-growing, malignant tumor with multivariate presentation and a high rate of recurrence following surgery. Diagnosis is often missed or delayed due to its infrequent nature and confusing clinical and pathological presentation. This is compounded by the fact that thi...

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Autor principal: Alexander, Leon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936870
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14156
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description Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare, slow-growing, malignant tumor with multivariate presentation and a high rate of recurrence following surgery. Diagnosis is often missed or delayed due to its infrequent nature and confusing clinical and pathological presentation. This is compounded by the fact that this tumor is aggressive with a propensity for metastases without being detected. The treatment of this deadly tumor is controversial with no clear-cut consensus. The author presents a case of epithelioid sarcoma in the finger of a young patient with subsequent recurrence after surgery and a review of current literature pertaining to this aggressive tumor. This report would like to stress the importance of a multimodal approach in combatting this tumor as prompt diagnosis and aggressive therapy can significantly reduce the poor outcomes associated with this disease.
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spelling pubmed-80781442021-04-29 Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges Alexander, Leon Cureus Pathology Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare, slow-growing, malignant tumor with multivariate presentation and a high rate of recurrence following surgery. Diagnosis is often missed or delayed due to its infrequent nature and confusing clinical and pathological presentation. This is compounded by the fact that this tumor is aggressive with a propensity for metastases without being detected. The treatment of this deadly tumor is controversial with no clear-cut consensus. The author presents a case of epithelioid sarcoma in the finger of a young patient with subsequent recurrence after surgery and a review of current literature pertaining to this aggressive tumor. This report would like to stress the importance of a multimodal approach in combatting this tumor as prompt diagnosis and aggressive therapy can significantly reduce the poor outcomes associated with this disease. Cureus 2021-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8078144/ /pubmed/33936870 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14156 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alexander 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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Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title_full Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title_fullStr Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title_short Epithelioid Sarcoma of Upper Extremity: Diagnostic Dilemma With Therapeutic Challenges
title_sort epithelioid sarcoma of upper extremity: diagnostic dilemma with therapeutic challenges
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936870
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14156
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