Open AccessManagement of undifferentiated high‐grade pleomorphic sarcoma of parotid region in elderly women
Author(s) -
Sessa Michele,
Tonni Daniela,
Zangrandi Adriano,
Oscar Redaelli de Zinis Luca,
Cuda Domenico
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1951
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , radiation therapy , neck dissection , parotid gland , undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma , sarcoma , dissection (medical) , radiology , surgery , pathology , soft tissue sarcoma , carcinoma
Key Clinical Message Undifferentiated high‐grade pleomorphic sarcoma is a slow‐growing tumor rarely localized in the head and neck region. The treatment of UHPS should be based on large surgical resections in free margins associated with neck dissection. Postoperative radiotherapy improves local control of the disease and the prognosis quod vitam.