[Low grade fibromixoid sarcoma: a purpose of 3 cases and review of the bibliography]

Cir Cir. 2013 Jul-Aug;81(4):333-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Background: Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma or tumor Evans is a variety of soft tissue sarcoma that represents 1% of all malignancies. More common in limbs and trunk (50%), we present 3 new cases of retroperitoneal reviewing their characteristics and performing a literature review.

Clinical case: In the retroperitoneal location highlights the poor specificity of clinical symptoms, demonstrating, according to their growth and size, as an abdominal tumor, usually painless, or by compression and/or invasion of nearby structures. In cases that present the most important finding was the presence of a palpable abdominal tumor without other symptoms despite remarkable infiltration of other organs that should be included in surgical resection.

Conclusions: We emphasize the difficulty of correct diagnosis preoperatively because preoperative studies are inconclusive and only the histological and immuno-histo-typing chemistry allow precise identification.

Antecedentes: el sarcoma fibromixoide de bajo grado o tumor de Evans es una variedad de sarcoma de partes blandas que representa el 1% de todos los tumores malignos. Más frecuente en extremidades y tronco (50%), presentamos tres nuevos casos de localización retroperitoneal. Se revisan sus características y se realiza actualización bibliográfica. Casos clínicos: en su localización retroperitoneal destaca lo inespecífico de su sintomatología clínica, se manifiesta en función de su crecimiento y tamaño, como una tumoración abdominal, habitualmente indolora, o por la compresión y/o invasión de estructuras próximas. Los casos presentados se manifestaron, por la presencia de tumoración abdominal, sin otra sintomatología; a pesar de infiltrar a otros órganos. Conclusiones: el diagnóstico preoperatorio es difícil, y debe tenerse la presunción clínica para solicitar el estudio histológico, con tipificación inmuno-histo-química para su dentificación precisa.

Keywords: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma; retroperitoneal tumor; sarcoma de tejidos blandos; sarcoma fibromixoide de bajo grado; soft tissue sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fibrosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Fibrosarcoma / pathology*
  • Fibrosarcoma / therapy
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / secondary
  • Leiomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myofibroblasts / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Sarcoma / classification
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor