Soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh: Need for angiography in the developing countries

Background: Soft tissue sarcomes (STS) are relatively rare tumors that are seldom seen in many surgical practices. In the developing countries, most patients present lately to the tertiary center either because of poverty, ignorance, or poor management by the primary health workers that first come i...

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Published in:Annals of African medicine 2010-01, Vol.9 (1), p.39-43
Main Authors: Adigun, Ismaila Abiona, Rahman, Ganiyu Adebisi, Ogundipe, Kolawole Olubunmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Angiography
Angiography, sarcoma
Care and treatment
Case studies
Developing countries
Diagnosis
Dissection
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
LDCs
Male
Medical imaging
Medical treatment
Metastasis
Nigeria
Sarcoma
Sarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Sarcoma - surgery
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery
Teaching hospitals
Thigh - diagnostic imaging
Thigh - pathology
Treatment Outcome
Tumors
Veins & arteries
Young Adult
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Summary:Background: Soft tissue sarcomes (STS) are relatively rare tumors that are seldom seen in many surgical practices. In the developing countries, most patients present lately to the tertiary center either because of poverty, ignorance, or poor management by the primary health workers that first come into contact with these patients. Methods: We bring you five patients with large STS thighs that were managed by unity between the years 2005 and 2007. Results: Three of these patients are deceased, and one of the two surviving patients has amputation below the knee. The two surviving patients lost view after 3 months. Conclusion: Although angiography has been relegated to the background by the advent of modern techniques such as tomography imaging by computer (CT) and imaging by magnetic mirroring (IRM), in the developing countries angiography remains important as one prι-opιratoire of surgical guide in the thigh STS.
ISSN:1596-3519
0975-5764
DOI:10.4103/1596-3519.62624