Synovial Sarcoma of the Hand-wrist: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal J Med Case Rep

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Jan 17

PMID 33453728

Citations 7

Authors

Serenella Serinelli

Lorenzo Gitto

Daniel J Zaccarini

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Abstract

Background: Synovial sarcomas are infrequent malignant tumors occurring mostly in adolescents and young adults. The occurrence of synovial sarcoma in the hand-wrist area is rare (4 to 8.5% of all synovial sarcomas in different studies).

Case Presentation: This report documents an uncommon case of synovial sarcoma occurring in the hand-wrist of a 69-year-old Caucasian woman. She was subsequently treated with surgical excision and radiotherapy without recurrence after follow up.

Conclusions: This paper aims to characterize the demographic, pathologic, and clinical features with a literature review. The present literature review confirms that hand-wrist synovial sarcomas are more frequent among males and subjects 10 to 40 years old. Most cases in this location are usually not larger than 5 cm in size. The five-year survival rate is higher than that reported in a previous review on hand synovial sarcomas, and this suggests an improved survival in recent decades.

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