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We report the first case of a patient with myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) who presented acutely with a rib fracture and developed a rapidly expanding loculated hemothorax after chest trauma. The patient was taken to the operating room for evacuation of hemothorax, and samples and biopsy specimens were taken for cytologic and pathologic examination. Final r...
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... 66-year-old man presented to the ED reporting right lateral rib pain for 10 days after he fell and hit his chest over a low-profile barrier while walking in the street. A CT scan showed fracture of the eighth rib with subcutaneous hematoma and a loculated hemothorax (Fig 1). No intervention was done at this moment, and the patient was discharged after pain management. ...
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... 66-year-old man presented to the ED reporting right lateral rib pain for 10 days after he fell and hit his chest over a low-profile barrier while walking in the street. A CT scan showed fracture of the eighth rib with subcutaneous hematoma and a loculated hemothorax (Fig 1). No intervention was done at this moment, and the patient was discharged after pain management. ...
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... Excisional biopsy is performed ( Figure 2) with a postoperative pathology report of a Grade 2 well delimitated sarcoma of approximately 12 × 8 × 7 cm based on cytomorphologic features and immunohistochemical profiling, Usually presenting as a painless, subcutaneous, slow growing mass with tendency for local recurrence after excision, they usually affect the older population between 6th and 7th decades of life with a slight male preponderance; the most affected sites being the lower limbs (77%) and less frequently the trunk (12%) and neck (3%) and rarer still the retroperitoneum and abdominal cavity. They are classified depending on their location as superficial (dermis/ subcutaneous tissue) or deep (intermuscular or subfascial), presenting most commonly as superficial tumors (75%) that infiltrate subcutaneous tissue and fascia extensively, but can also be found as cutaneous or deep circumscribed but infiltrative lesions [2]. [5]. ...
