Vol.96 No.9 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No.9 September 2003
A Case of Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma
Yo Kishimoto, Shinji Suzuki, Yasutaka Kawata,
Takagita Shinnichi and Kazuhiko Shoji
(Tenri Hospital)
We report a case of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the submandibular region. An 83-year-old woman presented with a mass in her left submandibular region that had been enlarging for 3 months. At first, it seemed to be lymphadenitis and we observed it for several months. But it enlarged and grew to be painfull. CT imaging revealed a tumor outside the submandibular gland. We resected the mass and it was subsequently diagnosed as a low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, a very rare tumor.
Key words : low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, submandibular region