Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the falciform ligament: a case report

Abstract

BackgroundLow grade fibromyxoid sarcomas (LGFMS) are very rarely seen. They commonly arise from deep soft tissues of the lower extremities. Very few cases of intra-abdominal location have been reported.Case presentationWe report a 37 year old man who presented with an abdominal mass and dragging pain. Pre-operative imaging suggested the possibility of a subcapsular hemangioma of liver.ConclusionsLaparoscopy was useful to locate the tumor as arising from falciform ligament and made the subsequent surgery simpler. This is one of the large fibromyxoid sarcomas to be reported.

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the sigmoid colon

“…The tumor typically occurs in the trunk, deep extremities (Nichols and Cooper, 1994;Zamecnik and Michal, 2000), head, and neck area (Evans, 1987(Evans, , 1993Folpe et al, 2000;Rando et al, 2005), and intrathoracic area. Rare cases have been reported in the retroperitoneal, abdominal (Fujii et al, 2008;Harish et al, 2003;Winfield and McKenney, 2007), and intracranial (Saito et al, 2008) areas. The two recognized subtypes are the classical low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma and low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma with giant collagen pseudorosettes, also called hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes (Lane et al, 1997).…”

Rare localization of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma to the nail region

“…LGFMS typically arises in the deep soft tissue of young and middle‐aged adults, and the most frequent sites reported in the literature are the trunk, neck and roots of the limbs. Other rare localizations are the retroperitoneum, mediastinum, falciform ligament and small bowel mesentery 2,3 , 6,7 , 8 . LGFMS has rarely been described in the hands and, to our knowledge, all such cases included aspects of ‘hyalinizing spindle cell tumour with giant rosettes’ 6 .…”

Low-grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma Presenting Clinically as a Primary Ovarian Neoplasm

“…The tumor is most commonly reported in the deep soft tissues of the proximal extremities, but, rarely, there are reported cases that involve unusual sites, including the retroperitoneum (4,5), mesentery (3), omentum (13), broad ligament (11), and falciform ligament (12). To our knowledge, this is the first report of a low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma involving the ovary.…”