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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the parapharyngeal space: an unusual location.

Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Muhammad Sohail Awan, Nasir Ud Din

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad Hammad DeewaniSurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan m.hammadwahid@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8339-4399
Muhammad Hassan DanishSurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-2789
Muhammad Sohail AwanSurgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Nasir Ud DinPathology & Microbiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University Hospital · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is an uncommon soft-tissue malignancy. LGFMS preferentially affects trunks and extremities of young adults; however, occasional cases have been reported in different sites of head and neck region including oral cavity, larynx and oropharynx. LGFMS usually exhibit areas of collagenised and myxoid stroma with appearance of spindle cells in whorling pattern. It is a challenge to diagnose it accurately as most of the time it is misdiagnosed as benign neoplastic entity of spindle cells. There have been only few isolated cases of LGFMS reported in head and neck region and LGFMS originating from the parapharyngeal space has never been reported before. We recently experienced a case of low grade fibomyxoid sarcoma in parapharyngeal space of neck. LGFMS have the propensity to locally recur and to metastasise. Due to its rarity in head and neck region, there are no well-established treatment and follow-up guidelines.

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FibrosarcomaMyxosarcomaSarcomaSoft Tissue NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalParapharyngeal SpaceYoung Adultearhead and neck surgerynose and throatnose and throat/otolaryngologyotolaryngology / ENT

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PMID34031060
PMCPMC8154689
OpenAlexW3164186622

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