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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2018 · pp. 176–185 · Issue page

A VOLUMINOUS SARCOMA OF THE RIGHT ARM AGGRESSIVELY LOCALLY AND AT DISTANCE

TI
Tiberiu Stefăniță ȚENEA-COJAN1
LU
Lucrețiu RADU2
MI
Mihaela VLADU3
DI
Diana CLENCIU4
CR
Cristina Gabriela ENE5
VL
Vlad BĂLEANU6
1 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
2 Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
3 Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
4 Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Diseases, Municipal Clinical Hospital “Filantropia”
5 PhD student , Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
6 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Bucharest Universitary Emergency Hospital, Surgery Department
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2018
Abstract
SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS ARE A GROUPS OF TUMORS ORIGINATING IN THE MESENCHYMAL CELL, WITH DIFFERENT HISTOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND PROGNOSIS. OFTEN, THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE MUSCLE, ADIPOSE TISSUE OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AT THE LEVEL OF THE EXTREMITIES (50%), TRUNK, RETROPERITONEUM (40%), HEAD AND NECK (10%). REGARDING THE AGE GROUP, THE MAXIMUM INCIDENCE OF SOFT -TISSUE SARCOMAS IS FOUND IN PATIENTS OVER 50 YEARS OLD. AS RIS K FACTORS FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS SPECIALTY LITERATURE MENTIONS HEREDITARY SYNDROMES, RADIATIONS, CHRONIC LYMPHEDEMA, FOREIGN BODIES AND VIRUSES. SURGERY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF SARCOMAS. ALSO, OTHER TREATMENTS LIKE CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY MAY BE APPLIED BEFORE AND/OR AFTER THE SURGERY, THUS, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE PROGNOSIS.
Keywords
GIANT LIPOSARCOMA LOCAL AGGRESSIVENESS RIGHT HAND FINGERS
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