Evolución infrecuente de sinoviosarcoma de muslo / Uncommon evolution after excision of a thigh synovial sarcoma

Background: Synovial sarcoma is a soft tissue tumor with a high degree of local and metastatic invasion. Case report: We report a 26 years old smoker woman with a history of a synovial tumor excised from the right thigh, who required a hip prosthesis for a pathological fracture due to metastases. Two years after, a lung metastasis in the left upper lobe was excised and treated with chemo and radiotherapy. Two years later a new lung nodule was found and excised. Pathology confirmed that they were metastases of the primary tumor. Three months after this last excision, the patient is asymptomatic.

Introducción: El sinoviosarcoma es una neoplasia de partes blandas con alto grado de invasión local y producción de metástasis. Caso clínico: Mujer de 26 años con 2 episodios secuenciales de metástasis pulmonar a lo largo de 6 años posterior al tratamiento del tumor primario. Patología de tratamiento muy complejo.

Sinoviosarcoma de tornozelo: quarta recidiva / Ankle's synoviosarcoma: fourth relapse

Esse relato apresenta o caso de uma paciente com quarta recidiva de sinoviosarcoma, um sarcoma de partes moles que possui estreita relação com bainhas tendinosas, bursas e cápsulas articulares. A paciente apresentou uma quarta recidiva, sendo necessária a realização da amputação de perna, visto que as cirurgias conservadoras já não aliviam o sofrimento da paciente. O principal objetivo deste relato de caso é apresentar um caso clássico de neoplasia rara, expondo a doença e fazer uma breve revisão da literatura e mostrar sua importância, visto que corresponde a apenas 5% das neoplasias de partes moles.

This report presents the case of a female patient with fourth synoviosarcoma recurrence, a sarcoma of soft parts that have close relationship with tendom sheaths, bursas and articular capsule.The patient present her fourth recurrence, in wich the perfomance of amputation was required, since the conservative surgeriesno longer relieved the patient suffering. The main objective of this case report is to present a classic case of a rare cancer, exposing the disease, and to make a brief review of the literature to show its importance, since it corresponds to only five percent of the cancers of soft parts.