A case of myxofibrosarcoma located on the chest wall

Gizem Keçeci Özgür 1, *, Ufuk Cagirici 1, Tevfik İlker Akçam 1, Alpaslan Cakan 1 and Banu Yaman 2

1 Ege University, School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery Izmir, Turkey.    
2 Ege University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Izmir, Turkey.
 
Case Report
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2021, 01(02), 001–004.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2021.1.2.0026
Publication history: 
Received on 09 March 2021; revised on 18 April 2021; accepted on 23 April 2021
 
Abstract: 
Myxofibrosarcoma is a variant of fibrosarcoma, a tumor consisting of malignant fibroblasts, exhibiting a variable myxoid stroma, pleomorphism and wide curved vascular pattern. The most common location site of the tumor is the extremities. Uncommonly it is located in the trunk, head and neck. Herein we present a very rare case of surgically treated chest-wall-myxofibrosarcoma.
 
Keywords: 
Myxofibrosarcoma; Chest wall; Surgical treatment
 
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