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PEDIATRICS Vol. 11 No. 6 June 1953, pp. 617-621
A case of congenital fibromyxosarcoma involving the os calcis, successfully treated by amputation, is reported. The rare occurrence of bone tumours in the newborn period is noted and a brief review of cases reported in the literature is given. The nature of...

This is a rare soft tissue sarcoma usually located in the deep soft tissue in the groin or lower extremities. It is important to differentiate this tumor from other soft tissue tumors. Recently it has been hypothesized that this tumor probably forms a histologic spectrum with another rare tumor known...

Abstract Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1952;34:820-826.
In a group of fifty possible myxomata of the soft tissues of the extremities, sixteen were considered histopathologically to fulfill Stout's criteria for the diagnosis of myxoma. Fifteen of the sixteen fell into one of two groups. The main distinguishing features of the...

Advanced Solid Tumor trials of treatment

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a rare soft-tissue neoplasm with a deceptively benign histological appearance. Local recurrences and metastases can manifest many years following excision. The FUS-CREB3L2 gene translocation, which occurs commonly in LGFMS, may be detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). We...