Research Article
A Retrospective Case Series of Synovial Sarcoma of the Upper Extremity
Table 2
Clinicopathologic demographics of patients who underwent a planned excision of an upper extremity synovial sarcoma.
| Case | Age (years) | Sex | Location | Size | Depth | Stage | Surgical treatment | Adjuvant treatments | Local recurrence | Mets | Follow-up (months) | Outcome |
| 1 | 17 | Female | Forearm | <5 cm | Deep | IIA | Wide excision | Chemo NXRT Brachytherapy | No | No | 54 | ANED | 2 | 13 | Female | Deltoid | >5 cm | Deep | IIB | Wide excision | Chemo NXRT | No | No | 84 | ANED | 3 | 18 | Male | Thenar webspace | <5 cm | Deep | IIA | Marginal excision | Chemo NXRT Brachytherapy | No | No | 74 | ANED | 4 | 51 | Male | Brachial plexus | <5 cm | Deep | IV | Wide excision | Chemo NXRT | No | Lung | 9 | DOD | 5 | 60 | Female | Antecubital fossa | <5 cm | Deep | IIA | Wide excision Sural nerve grafting Radial forearm flap | Chemo NXRT IORT | No | No | 54 | ANED | 6 | 10 | Female | Elbow | <5 cm | Deep | IIA | Wide excision MCL reconstruction radial forearm flap | None | No | No | 59 | ANED | 7 | 19 | Male | Index finger | >5 cm | Superficial | IIB | Ray resection | Chemo NXRT | Yes | No | 15 | ADP | 8 | 45 | Male | Proximal arm | Unknown | Deep | Unknown | Forequarter amputation | Chemo | Yes | Lung | 3 | DOD |
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On presentation; Mets, metastases; NXRT, neoadjuvant radiation; IORT, intraoperative radiation; chemo, chemotherapy; ANED, alive no evidence of disease; ADP, alive with disease progression; DOD, died of disease; MCL, medial collateral ligament. |