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Positive outcome in a high-grade myxofibrosarcoma: a case report Cover

Positive outcome in a high-grade myxofibrosarcoma: a case report

Open Access
|Apr 2018

Abstract

Myxofibrosarcoma or myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma is one of the most common sarcomas of the limb. It is usually treated multimodally. Most frequent sites of metastasis are the bone, lung and lymph nodes. The present paper is a case report of a 65-year-old male with myxofibrosarcoma of the fibularis longus muscle, for which he first underwent surgery - tumor resection with appropriate margins. The tumor was staged pT2b cN0 cM0. Postoperative PET-CT revealed metabolically inactive pulmonary nodules. Two months after surgery, he underwent adjuvant radiotherapy, a total dose of 60 Gy and 6 courses of chemotherapy (doxorubicin and ifosfamide). Pulmonary nodules have been stationary on all subsequent imagistic studies. He is free of recurrence on long-term follow-up.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rojost-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8978 | Journal ISSN: 2601-5005
Language: English
Page range: 27 - 30
Published on: Apr 26, 2018
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Mihaela Olaru, Cornelia Nitipir, published by Sciendo
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