
Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma of the chest wall
Author(s) -
Yangfan Liu,
Wun-Ke Chen,
Yu-Peng Liu,
P. C. Huang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
formosan journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2213-5413
pISSN - 1682-606X
DOI - 10.4103/fjs.fjs_65_17
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , sarcoma , pathology
This study presents the case of an 87-year-old male who developed a huge tumor at the chest wall that limited the range of motion of the upper limb. We performed a wide excision of the tumor with chest wall reconstruction. The tumor exhibited lobulated pattern with myxoid fluid and fibrous tissue, which was accumulated by a thin capsule. The final diagnosis was myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS), a kind of uncommon low-grade malignant tumor that extremely develops rarely in the chest wall. At this moment, we review the epidemiology, histopathologic characteristics, similar cases, and the current treatment for MIFS