Open AccessEpithelioid sarcoma: A case series of three different presentations
Author(s) -
Dhaval Jetly,
Annapoorani Varadarajan,
Kinnari Naik,
Priya Patel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
case reports in clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-2734
pISSN - 2331-2726
DOI - 10.5430/crcp.v4n3p1
Subject(s) - epithelioid sarcoma , medicine , malignancy , sarcoma , adjuvant therapy , radiology , surgery , pathology , chemotherapy
Background: Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare malignancy that presents diagnostic difficulties.Cases: We report three cases of epithelioid sarcoma with different presentations and clinical course. One patient had a classicaltype epithelioid sarcoma while rest two suffered from the rarer proximal-type. All three underwent surgical excision while two of them also had postoperative adjuvant therapy. The diagnostic challenges and the final outcome has been discussed in detail.Conclusion: The diagnosis of epithelioid sarcoma needs a high index of clinical suspicion and immunohistochemistry is extremely valuable. Adequacy of index surgery affects the ultimate prognosis.