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Fibrosarcoma occurring at the site of a plastic vascular graft
Author(s) -
Burns Willard A.,
Kanhouwa Suryabala,
Tillman Leonard,
Saini Nirmal,
Herrmann John B.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197201)29:1<66::aid-cncr2820290112>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - fibrosarcoma , medicine , angiosarcoma , thigh , sarcoma , pathology , soft tissue sarcoma , soft tissue , surgery
A sarcoma, arising in association with a prosthetic arterial graft, was surgically excised. The patient, a 31‐year‐old man, sustained a soft tissue injury to the thigh 10 years previously. A lacerated superficial femoral artery was repaired with a woven teflon‐dacron graft. A large tumor surrounded, but did not invade, the graft. The tumor posed diagnostic difficulties and was thought to be either an angiosarcoma or a fibrosarcoma. Electron microscopy, performed retrospectively, showed the tumor to be probably a fibrosarcoma. The relationship of the tumor to the graft and similar experimentally induced tumors are discussed.