Synovial sarcoma arising from the hypopharynx: a case report

Year 2002, Volume: 9 Issue: 5, 372 - 375, 10.10.2002

Aslı Batur Çalış Çetin Vural Aras Şenvar Menekşe Bilge Bilgiç Misten Demiryont

Abstract

Synovial sarcoma is a relatively rare soft tissue tumor.About 3 to 10% of cases arise in the head and neck, with the majority in the parapharyngeal region. We hereby report a 22-year-old male patient with synovial sarcoma confined to the hypopharynx. Treatment included wide surgical excision followed by radiotherapy. İt is of interest that the lesion recurred 12 years after the initial primary surgery for synovial sarcoma at the same site. The patient has been disease-free for five years.

Keywords

Diagnosis, differential, hypopharyngeal neoplasms/pathology/surgery, recurrence, sarcoma, synovial/ pathology/surgery

Hipofarenksten kaynaklanan sinovyal sarkom: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Sinovyal sarkom yumuflak dokularda görülen nadir bir tümördür. Olguların %3-10’u bafl-boyun yerleflim- lidir, en sık parafarenjeal bölgede rastlanır. Bu yazı- da, hipofarenkse yerleflik sinovyal sarkom saptanan 22 yaflında bir erkek hasta sunuldu. Olgu genifl cer- rahi eksizyon ve radyoterapi ile tedavi edildi. Hasta- nın 12 yıl önce de aynı yerde görülen sinovyal sar- kom nedeniyle ameliyat edildiği öğrenildi. Halen ya- flamakta olan hastada befl yıldır tümör ve tedavisiy- le ilgili bir sorun görülmedi

Keywords

Tanı, ayırıcı, hipofarenjeal neoplazmlar/patoloji/cerrahi, rekürens, sarkom, sinovyal/patoloji/cerrahi

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