Synovial sarcoma of the hypopharynx

Duvall, E.; Small, Melvin; Almuhanna, Abdulaziz; Maran, Avudaiappan

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“…Synovial sarcoma is a rarely encountered aggressive malignant soft tissue tumor arising predominantly in the lower extremities. Synovial sarcoma accounts for 6% to 10% of all soft tissue tumors,5 and only about 3% to 10% of all cases of synovial sarcoma occur in the head and neck 2–4. Besides in the head and neck region, synovial sarcoma of the lung, thymus, trunk, and posterior peritoneum have also been reported 7–13.…”

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“…Synovial sarcoma is a rarely encountered aggressive soft tissue tumor, which has been reported to account for 6% to 10% of all soft tissue tumors 1–3. The tumors are known to arise most frequently in the lower extremities.…”

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“…The tumors are known to arise most frequently in the lower extremities. Those arising from the head and neck region account for approximately 10% of all cases of synovial sarcoma 2–4. To the best of our knowledge, nearly 100 cases of synovial sarcoma of the head and neck have been reported so far since the 1950s.…”

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Synovial sarcoma of the head and neck: Rare case of cervical metastasis

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Background. Synovial sarcoma is a rarely encountered soft tissue sarcoma. Surgery with a wide surgical margin is the treatment of choice. However, there is no consensus on the treatment of head and neck synovial sarcoma in patients with cervical metastasis.Methods. A 20-year-old man was seen with a palpable mass in the right neck. He had been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma of the right tonsil and treated by surgery 1 and a half years before; therefore, the mass detected was thought to be a cervical metastasis of synovial sarcoma. We performed a modified radical neck dissection with no postoperative treatment. The pathological diagnosis was confirmed by detecting the SSspecific fusion gene SYT-SSX1.Results. The patient remains free of recurrence or metastasis 2 years and 10 months after the surgery.Conclusions. We encountered a case of head and neck synovial sarcoma with cervical metastasis that was successfully treated. V

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“…Detection of the tumor at a smaller size is believed to affect long term prognosis, which was found to be better in patients whose tumors were ≤ 4 cm [5]. …”

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“…The designation of the "head and neck" location is somewhat misleading, as it does not usually indicate involvement in the spine. The preponderance of cases with the "head and neck" designation are located in the hypopharynx [5] and few synovial sarcomas are located in the cervical or other regions of the spine.…”

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Biphasic synovial sarcoma in the cervical spine: Case report

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Stahl

2011

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Synovial sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of soft tissue that typically arising near large joints of the upper and lower extremities in young adult males. Only 3% of these neoplasms have been found to arise in the head and neck region. To our knowledge, there are limited reports in the literature of this neoplasm in the cervical spine.A case of biphasic synovial sarcoma of the cervical spine is reviewed. A 29 year-old male presented with pain on the left side of the cervical spine. Physical examination revealed a global loss of cervical motion and large, palpable mass in the left paravertebral area. The long-delayed Magnetic Resonance (MR) scan revealed a soft tissue mass measuring 8.3 centimeters (cm) × 5.7 cm that was surgically removed. A malignant biphasic synovial sarcoma was diagnosed on pathologic examination.The clinical and imaging findings of an atypically located synovial sarcoma are reviewed. This case report emphasizes the consequences of a limited differential diagnosis, prolonged treatment and the failure to perform timely diagnostic imaging in the presence of a paraspinal mass.

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Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

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Synovial sarcoma of the hypopharynx

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Synovial sarcoma of the head and neck: Rare case of cervical metastasis

Synovial sarcoma of the head and neck: Rare case of cervical metastasis

Biphasic synovial sarcoma in the cervical spine: Case report

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