A Case of Epithelioid Sarcoma in a Child.
10.5021/ad.2001.13.4.239
- Author:
Jeong Yeob LEE
;
Sung Eun CHANG
;
Jee Ho CHOI
;
Kyung Jeh SUNG
;
Kee Chan MOON
;
Jai Kyoung KOH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Epithelioid sarcoma;
Child
- MeSH:
Child*;
Fingers;
Humans;
Male;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Recurrence;
Sarcoma*;
Young Adult
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2001;13(4):239-242
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare distinctive malignant neoplasm of soft tissue with frequent recurrences and late metastases. It typically affects young adult males, and epithelioid sarcoma arising in the first decade of life is very rare. Epithelioid sarcoma may be confused with a wide range of benign, especially granulomatous, diseases and other malignancies, but the differentiation can be made, in general, by the characteristic clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features. We report herein a case of epithelioid sarcoma arising on the volar side of the right 5th finger in an 8-year-old boy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of epithelioid sarcoma in a Korean child.