Synovial Sarcoma of the Brachial Plexus - a Rare Tumor in a Rare Area: a Case Report

Overview

Journal J Med Case Rep

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Nov 10

PMID 30409199

Citations 2

Authors

Sreekanth Raveendran

Albert Abhinay Kota

Edwin Stephen

Samuel C R Pallapati

Binu Prathap Thomas

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Abstract

Background: Synovial cell sarcomas are usually seen in a juxta-articular location. However, they occur rarely in the head and neck region.

Case Presentation: We report a rare case of brachial plexus synovial sarcoma in a 24-year old South Asian man treated successfully with surgical excision followed by radiotherapy.

Conclusions: Synovial sarcoma arising from the brachial plexus is rare. The treatment is multimodal with complete excision (often challenging owing to the proximity of the neurovascular structures) and adjuvant therapy.

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