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High-grade infiltrative myxofibrosarcoma in the forearm presenting as acute carpal tunnel syndrome.

Batra S, Batra M, Sakamuri R, Sinha AK, Kanvinde R

Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, United Kingdom; Department of Pathology, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, United Kingdom; Hand Service, Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Gwynedd Hospital, Bangor, United Kingdom.

Myxofibrosarcoma is one of the most common sarcomas in the extremities of elderly people and is characterized by a high frequency of local recurrence. We report a rare case of high-grade myxofibrosarcoma involving the forearm and presenting as acute carpal tunnel syndrome where absence of a discrete mass lesion and diffuse infiltrative nature precluded early recognition of tumor. To our knowledge, such a presentation with an extreme infiltrative growth pattern in the forearm has not been reported before.

Published 25 February 2008 in J Hand Surg [Am], 33(2): 269-72.
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