Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Myxofibrosarcoma of the leg: A diagnostic challenge

  • Imène Rachdi,
  • Fatma Daoud,
  • Fatma Khanchel,
  • Ibrahim Arbaoui,
  • Mehdi Somai,
  • Hana Zoubeidi,
  • Zohra Aydi,
  • Besma Ben Dhaou,
  • Achraf Debbiche,
  • Fatma Boussema

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3414
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
pp. 3332 – 3335

Abstract

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Abstract We should keep in mind slowly growing malignancies when the lesion is located close to the synovial regions of the extremities. The diagnosis of certainty of myxofibrosarcoma is histological and is based on the demonstration of the myxoid matrix, fibroblastic cells with a curvilinear arrangement of the vessels.

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