Author(s)

Carrillo-Pinto Laura^1*, Cruz-Méndez Adriana², Ucán-Gamboa Dioney¹, Flores-López Alejandro¹, Gutiérrez-Palma Ximena³

¹Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Mérida, México.
²Department of General Surgery, Clínica Hospital Mérida ISSSTE, Mérida, México.
³Department of Radiology, Clínica Hospital Mérida ISSSTE, Mérida, México.

Soft tissue sarcomas represent only 1% of all adult cancers; myxofibrosarcoma is the most common type that arises in adult extremities, particularly lower limbs (77%), other less common locations are the trunk (12%) and neck (3%). Usually presenting as a painless, subcutaneous, slow growing mass with tendency for recurrence, they are prone to have higher histological grade and metastatic potential after recurrence; even in optimal multidisciplinary settings patients can have incomplete resections, making metastatic disease more common after misdiagnosis. We present the case of a 69-year-old male patient with a right infraescapular tumor, presenting as a painless 15 × 8 cm, mobile mass, with a slow but progressive growth, history of a previous tumor excised at the same location 5 years prior without histopathological report.

Case Report, Myxofibrosarcoma, Metastatic Disease, Misdiagnosis

Laura, C. , Adriana, C. , Dioney, U. , Alejandro, F. and Ximena, G. (2023) Unexpected Metastatic Recurrent Myxofibrosarcoma: A Scenario That May Be More Common than You Think. Surgical Science, 14, 667-672. doi: 10.4236/ss.2023.1411072.