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AN UNUSUAL CASE OF SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
Author(s) -
Meadows Robert,
Sage Robert E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1966.tb06062.x
Subject(s) - medicine , groin , complement fixation test , synovial sarcoma , sarcoma , nodule (geology) , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , surgery , immunology , paleontology , serology , antibody , biology
Summary A case of synovial sarcoma with an unusual presentation occurring in a 77 years old man is described. The primary tumour was a groin nodule, present for thirty years. Two uncommon associated features were a positive hydatid complement fixation test and a neutrophil polymorphonuclear leucocytosis of 100,000 per cubic millimetre.