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Multicentric myofibroblastic sarcoma.
Wechalekar, Mihir Dilip; Ayres, Oliver; Farshid, Gelareh; Clayer, Mark; Cleland, Leslie G.
Affiliation
  • Wechalekar MD; Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders University School of Medicine, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Ayres O; Department of Radiology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Farshid G; SA Pathology, and Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Clayer M; Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Cleland LG; Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders University School of Medicine, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
BMJ Case Rep ; 20142014 Nov 03.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25368122
We report a case of synchronous, multicentric low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma presenting in a 62-year-old man. He initially presented with inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis and adhesive capsulitis of his shoulder and hips bilaterally and did not respond to a trial of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs. Over a period of several years he developed progressive restriction of both knees and nodules on his hands, both knees and back. A biopsy of the nodule on his back was inconclusive and subsequent biopsies on his left and then right knee revealed a spindle cell neoplasm with an infiltrative growth pattern, mitotic figures, positive immunostaining for smooth muscle actin and focal myxoid change consistent with myofibroblastic sarcoma. While myofibroblastic sarcoma has been known to metastasise, to our knowledge, a multifocal presentation of this tumour has not been described previously.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Myofibroblasts / Fibrosarcoma / Myosarcoma / Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: BMJ Case Rep Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Myofibroblasts / Fibrosarcoma / Myosarcoma / Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: BMJ Case Rep Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia Country of publication: United kingdom