An Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Right Foot: Raising Awareness of a HighGrade Malignancy
Received Date: Apr 30, 2018 / Accepted Date: May 14, 2018 / Published Date: May 21, 2018
Abstract
An epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is an infrequent mesenchymal malignancy most commonly encountered in adolescents and young adults in the distal extremities. It has a proclivity for the flexor aspects of the hands and feet with male predilection observed at a ratio of 2:1. The indolent presentation, seemingly unremarkable histopathology, and low incidence of this disease can lead to misdiagnosis. We report a case of a twenty-year old female who presented to her primary care physician with chief complaint of a painful lump beneath her right second and third toes. The tumor was subsequently excised with diagnosis of epithelioid sarcoma.
Keywords: Epithelioid sarcoma; Foot; Malignancy; Tumor
Citation: Tynski Z, Barrett AJ, Chiang W (2018) An Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Right Foot: Raising Awareness of a High-Grade Malignancy. J Clin Exp Pathol 8:345. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0681.1000345
Copyright: © 2018 Tynski Z, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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