A Case of Synovial Sarcoma of the Foot with Marked Bone Destruction and Statistical Observation in Japanese Literature

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Case: 78-year-old woman. She was aware of a spontaneous tender swelling of the first metatarsal part of the right foot since June '62.The tumor had been incompletely incised or excised six times during the last four years, but within about six months local recurrence has repeated.At the time of her first appearance at our clinic (21st June '66), the tumor was as large as child's fist, and X-ray photograph of the right foot showed the remarkable bone destruction of the first, second and third metatarsus. Clinically it was diagnosed synovial sarcoma. Her right lower leg was amputated according to Syme's method (29th June '66).The patient remains well four months later, and chest X-ray photograph revealed no signs of lung metastasis.
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