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Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma. Two rare tumors in two rare locations

Author(s) -

Guillermo Gómez-Oliveira,

Ignacio Arribas-García,

Adriana Serrano Álvarez-Buylla,

Rocío Sánchez-Burgos,

Fátima Martínez-Pérez,

M. Alvarez-Flores

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

revista española de cirugía oral y maxilofacial

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2173-9161

pISSN - 1130-0558

DOI - 10.1016/j.maxilo.2013.04.004

Subject(s) - tongue , sarcoma , head and neck , maxillary sinus , medicine , anatomy , pathology , surgery

Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMS) represents an atypical tumor composed of myofibroblasts with a predilection for the head and neck, especially in the tongue and oral cavity, with a high tendency to local recurrences and metastases, even after a long period. LGMS arising in the maxillary sinus and in the neck are extremely uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, only 50 cases of low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma have been reported. We report two cases of LGMS of the maxillary sinus and neck, discussing clinical, histological, inmunohistochemical and therapeutic features

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