Anyone familiar with synovial sarcoma?!


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Synovial sarcoma is a rare cancer that begins in synovial tissue. Synovial tissue is found in tendons (tissues that connect muscle to bone), bursae (fluid-filled, cushioning sacs in the spaces between tendons, ligaments, and bones), and the hollow area that separates the bones of a joint, such as the knee or elbow.

Synovial sarcomas occur mainly in the legs and arms, where they tend to arise near large joints, especially around the knee. Less frequently, the disease develops in the head and neck and in the trunk. This cancer occurs mostly in older adolescents and young adults, and it affects slightly more men than women. Researchers do not know what causes synovial sarcoma.

The most common symptom of synovial sarcoma is a deep-seated swelling or a mass that may be tender or painful. In a few cases, a person may have tenderness or pain for several years, even though a mass cannot be felt. These cases can be easily mistaken for inflammation of the joints, the bursae, or synovial tissue (these noncancerous conditions are called arthritis, bursitis, and synovitis). Sometimes synovial sarcoma causes other symptoms related to the location of the tumor. The diagnosis of synovial sarcoma is made by biopsy (removal of tissue for examination under a microscope).

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A soft tissue tumor in membranes and often in the joints.
Sarcomas make up about 1 percent of all cancers in adults and 15 percent of all cancers in children.
Two cell types can be seen microscopically in synovial sarcoma. One fibrous type, known as a spindle or sarcomatous cell, is relatively small and uniform and found in sheets. The other is epithelial in appearance. Classical synovial sarcoma has a biphasic appearance with both types present. Synovial sarcoma can also appear to be poorly differentiated or to be monophasic fibrous, consisting only of sheets of spindle cells. Some state that, extremely rarely, there can be a monophasic epithelial form which causes difficulty in differential diagnosis.
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A synovial sarcoma is a rare form of cancer which usually occurs near to the joints of the arm or leg. It is one of the soft tissue sarcomas.




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