Primary orbital low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma

Soft Tissue Tumors: Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma

Clinics and pathology Disease Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) Embryonic origin Cellular origin unknown, but presumably of mesodermal derivation. Tumor cells show fibroblastic differentiation. Etiology Unknown. No known risk factors. Epidemiology Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is supposed to be rare, but as it is difficult to diagnose the true incidence is unknown. Patients of any age may b...

Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma in Thigh

A low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumor that has a tendency to develop in the deep soft tissue of young adults and the potential for local recurrence or distant metastasis. There have been several case reports and sporadic reports in the literature. However, only 1 case has been reported in Korea but without a follow-up result. We describe a 54-year-old female patient with a...

A Rare Pathology: Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma of the Maxilla.

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a rare tumor with a benign histologic appearance and fully malignant behavior. To date, only 5 cases of LGFMS in the maxillofacial region have been reported. This report describes the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to the authors' hospital with an intraosseous myxofibroblastic tumor, probably of the LGFMS type, of the right maxilla. Radical r...

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the thyroid: a case report.

Dear Editor, Low-grade fi bromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a rare form of neoplasm that usually occurs in the deep soft tissue of the lower limbs with a tendency towards local recurrence and distant metastasis. LGFMS affects mainly the young and middle-aged, with both gender having an equal chance of being affected. To the best of our knowledge, there is only 1 case of thyroid LGFMS reported in the...