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Sarcoma
Scientists at Mayo Clinic detail research in sarcoma
July 14th, 2009
"We report the clinical and pathologic features of, what is to the best of our knowledge, the first case of epithelioid sarcoma of bone. A 31-year-old woman with all unremarkable past medical history presented with pelvic pain and was Found by computed tomography scan to have a destructive 5 cm, partially calcified intraosseous lesion of the iliac bone. Histologically. the tumor consisted of relatively uniform but clearly malignant-appearing epithelioid cells. with scattered rhabdoid-appearing cells," researchers in the United States report. "A hyalinized to partially calcified matrix was present between the tumor cells, with a ''chickenwire'' pattern of calcification....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-07-14)
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