Synovial Sarcoma of Palmar Aspect of Hand and Survival: A Rare Case Report.

Tapan Kumar Sahoo, Ipsita Dhal, Saroj Kumar Das, Saroj Kumar Das Majumdar, Dillip Kumar Parida
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  1. Tapan Kumar Sahoo: Senior Resident, Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  2. Ipsita Dhal: Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospital, New Delhi, India.
  3. Saroj Kumar Das: Senior Resident, Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  4. Saroj Kumar Das Majumdar: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  5. Dillip Kumar Parida: Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Abstract

Synovial sarcomas of the hand are extremely rare entities than most soft tissue sarcomas. The location at finger is further rarer than carpus of the hand. Synovial sarcoma of the hand/finger initially confused with many diagnoses such as myositis, haematoma, synovitis, tendonitis, bursitis, and other inflammatory lesions and therefore needs careful handling of the case with proper evaluation. We report a case of synovial sarcoma of the palmar surface of the right hand at interface of thumb and index finger in a 22-year-old female. The case was initially misdiagnosed as an abscess/haematoma of the finger 10 years back and treated with wide local excision. Synovial sarcoma was diagnosed on microscopic examination of excised specimen. Patient developed recurrent lesion twice locally. During first recurrence, the patient was treated with wide excision followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Second recurrence was with bony destruction at the same site and below elbow amputation was performed.

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