Painless Growing Swelling on the Palm of a 4-year-old Boy: Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Inchaço crescente indolor na palma da mão de um menino de 4 anos: Tumor maligno da bainha do nervo periférico

Öztürk R., KÖSEMEHMETOĞLU K., Yükrük F. A., Güngör B. Ş.

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2022 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0043-1771005
  • Journal Name: Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Criança, Diagnóstico diferencial, Neoplasias de tecidos moles, Sarcoma
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, we present a 4-year-old male patient with a slowly growing painless mass in the palmof his left hand for 2 years. Although musculoskeletal tumors are rare, hand localized tumors are even rarer in pediatric patients. The fact that very few (less than one in ten) tumors are malignant and there are dozens of subtypes, each with different treatment management, shows the importance of the management of these lesions. Appropriate diagnosis and management of soft tissue masses, especially insidious malignant tumors, is vital. Due to the rarity of soft tissue tumors, adequate guidelines for their management are limited. The purpose of this report is to present an example of the approach to one of the soft tissue tumors.