Ann Dermatol.  2001 Dec;13(4):239-242. 10.5021/ad.2001.13.4.239.

A Case of Epithelioid Sarcoma in a Child

• Lee JY
• Chang SE
• Choi JH
• Sung KJ
• Moon KC
• Koh JK

• KMID: 2362370
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2001.13.4.239

Abstract

Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare distinctive malignant neoplasm of soft tissue with frequent recurrences and late metastases. It typically affects young adult males, and epithelioid sarcoma arising in the first decade of life is very rare. Epithelioid sarcoma may be confused with a wide range of benign, especially granulomatous, diseases and other malignancies, but the differentiation can be made, in general, by the characteristic clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features. We report herein a case of epithelioid sarcoma arising on the volar side of the right 5th finger in an 8-year-old boy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of epithelioid sarcoma in a Korean child.

Keyword

Epithelioid sarcoma; Child

MeSH Terms

Child*
Fingers
Humans
Male
Neoplasm Metastasis
Recurrence
Sarcoma*
Young Adult