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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Monophasic synovial sarcoma of the pyriform fossa.

Chun Tau Ng, Eugene Hung Chih Wong, Narayanan Prepageran

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chun Tau NgDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Eugene Hung Chih WongDepartment of Surgery, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia eugene.wong.hc@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-2616
Narayanan PrepageranDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · MYUniversiti of Malaysia Sabah · MYUniversity of Malaya · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck synovial sarcoma is rare. We report the case of a 71-year-old man who presented with progressive dysphagia, odynophagia, shortness of breath on exertion and hoarseness of voice. Nasendoscopy revealed a smooth, non-fungating, non-ulcerative mass arising from the left lateral pharyngeal wall. CT showed a well-defined, heterogenous enhancing lesion arising from the left pyriform fossa. Initial biopsy taken was inconclusive and patient underwent a transcervical complete excision of the tumour, where histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of monophasic synovial sarcoma of the left pyriform fossa. This patient also received adjuvant radiotherapy postoperatively and remained disease free 1 year after completion of treatment.

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AgedBiopsyDiagnosis, DifferentialHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansHypopharyngeal NeoplasmsMalePyriform SinusSarcoma, SynovialTomography, X-Ray Computedearhead and neck cancernose and throat

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PMID33257363
PMCPMC7705361
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