Diagnostics (Jun 2024)

Giant Myxofibrosarcoma in the Lower Limb: An Overview of Diagnostic and Clinical Management

  • Răzvan Ene,
  • Alexandru Lisias Dimitriu,
  • Ileana Peride,
  • Mirela Țigliș,
  • Elisa Georgiana Popescu,
  • Eduard Cătălin Georgescu,
  • Tiberiu Paul Neagu,
  • Ionel Alexandru Checherita,
  • Andrei Niculae

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14121298
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 12
p. 1298

Abstract

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Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma, is one of the undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas; it has a low incidence, affecting people in the sixth to eighth decades of life. It usually involves the extremities and is painless with a slow-growing pattern. Based on the case of a 52-year-old female patient who presented with a painful, massive, rapid-growing, ulcerated tumor of the anterior surface of the left thigh, we performed a literature review regarding the current standard of care for patients with MFS. Computed tomography examination, followed by magnetic resonance imaging and surgical biopsy with histopathological examination, confirmed the diagnosis and the presence of lung and inguinal lymph node metastases. Due to the rapid-growing pattern and the local aggressiveness, our tumor board team recommended emergency excisional surgery, with subsequent reconstructive procedures followed by referral to an oncological center. This review emphasizes the importance of proper and rapid diagnosis, followed by multidisciplinary management, for MFS cases with atypical presentation and distal metastases to improve overall outcomes.

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