January 17, 2021Journal of Medical Case ReportsOpen Access

Synovial sarcoma of the hand-wrist: a case report and review of the literature

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Why the study?

Synovial sarcoma is an infrequent malignant tumor that rarely occurs in the hand-wrist area.

Population

A 69-year-old Caucasian woman with synovial sarcoma of the hand-wrist

Design

Case report and review of the literature

Authors

SSSerenella SerinelliSUNY Upstate Medical University LGLorenzo GittoUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"DZDaniel J. ZaccariniSUNY Upstate Medical University

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Implication

Does not support practice changes for hand-wrist synovial sarcoma; leaves open validation of survival trends in larger cohorts.

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Population

57 subjects with synovial sarcoma of the hand-wrist from a literature review, plus 1 new case report of a 69-year-old Caucasian woman.

Intervention

Surgical excision with or without adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy

Outcome

Demographic, pathologic, and clinical features, including survival and recurrence rateshard clinical

Hand-wrist synovial sarcomas are rare tumors primarily affecting young adults, with recent literature suggesting improved 5-year survival rates compared to historical cohorts.

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Serinelli et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1dea63871ff5209bef89fd https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02613-4

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Synovial sarcoma of the hand-wrist: a case report and review of the literature

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Synovial sarcoma of the hand-wrist: a case report and review of the literature

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