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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Giant Myxofibrosarcoma in the Lower Limb: An Overview of Diagnostic and Clinical Management.

Răzvan Ene, Alexandru Lisias Dimitriu, Ileana Peride, Mirela Țigliș, Elisa Georgiana Popescu, Eduard Cătălin Georgescu, Tiberiu Paul Neagu, Ionel Alexandru Checherita, Andrei Niculae

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Răzvan EneClinical Department No. 14, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8866-7699
Alexandru Lisias DimitriuClinical Department No. 14, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Ileana PerideClinical Department No. 3, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-4912-6590
Mirela ȚiglișDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Clinical Hospital of Bucharest, 014461 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3542-3217
Elisa Georgiana PopescuClinical Department No. 14, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Eduard Cătălin GeorgescuClinical Department No. 14, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Tiberiu Paul NeaguClinical Department No. 11, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-4319-1965
Ionel Alexandru ChecheritaDepartment of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital Ilfov, 022104 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9741-5530
Andrei NiculaeClinical Department No. 3, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2866-8806

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma, is one of the undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas; it has a low incidence, affecting people in the sixth to eighth decades of life. It usually involves the extremities and is painless with a slow-growing pattern. Based on the case of a 52-year-old female patient who presented with a painful, massive, rapid-growing, ulcerated tumor of the anterior surface of the left thigh, we performed a literature review regarding the current standard of care for patients with MFS. Computed tomography examination, followed by magnetic resonance imaging and surgical biopsy with histopathological examination, confirmed the diagnosis and the presence of lung and inguinal lymph node metastases. Due to the rapid-growing pattern and the local aggressiveness, our tumor board team recommended emergency excisional surgery, with subsequent reconstructive procedures followed by referral to an oncological center. This review emphasizes the importance of proper and rapid diagnosis, followed by multidisciplinary management, for MFS cases with atypical presentation and distal metastases to improve overall outcomes.

Indexed as

high-grade MFSlower limbmetastasesmyxofibrosarcomareconstructive surgerysurgical resection

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PMID38928713
PMCPMC11202561

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