Synovialosarcoma of the hand About 03 cases.

Abstract

Synovialosarcoma is a rare tumor. It accounts for 8-10% of malignant soft-tissue tumors and around 10% of malignant soft-tissue tumors in the hand (2,4,8,9,11). Its prognosis is the most severe of all soft-tissue sarcomas, with around 50% recurrence within two years and an estimated survival of 50% at 5 years, and 25% at 10 years (1,9). Conservative surgery of the hand and wrist is indicated according to tumor extension and affected compartment. Material and methods: The authors report three cases of synovialosarcoma of the hand.  The patients were 28, 32 and 37 years old. Two patients were female. Diagnosis was late in all cases.  Extension work-up included standard chest X-ray, MRI and thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT scan. In all three cases, the clinical presentation was different:

Keywords: Synovialosarcoma, malignant soft-tissue tumors, thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT scan