SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (Jun 2022)

Epithelioid sarcoma with retained INI1 expression as a cause of a chronic leg ulcer

  • Tatjana Maňáková,
  • Jan Hojný,
  • Martin Sedlář,
  • Michal Vočka,
  • Kristian Chrz,
  • Petr Mitáš,
  • Jiří Beneš,
  • Robert Holaj

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X221106259
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare soft-tissue sarcoma typically presenting itself as a subcutaneous or deep dermal mass in distal portions of the extremities of adolescents and young adults. They are frequently mistaken for ulcers, abscesses, or infected warts resistant to standard medical treatment. Patients often develop multiple local recurrences with subsequent metastases. We report a case of a 66-year-old patient with chronic leg ulcer who died of generalization of an epithelioid sarcoma.