RESIDENT CASE STUDIES

Week 11 June 28 - July 4, 2003: Case 3

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75 year old male with left posterior neck mass and a previous history of recurrences of the same tumor in the head and neck region, and in the level C2 of the spine

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Questions:

1. The histologic features are most consistent with:
   1. Chondrosarcoma
   2. Liposarcoma 
   3. Chordoma
   4. Epitheloid sarcoma
   5. Leiomyosarcoma

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2. The following is true of the tumor:
   1. It is most common in infants
   2. It most commonly involves appendicular skeleton
   3. It is a benign tumor
   4. It has positive immunoreactivity with epthelial membrane antigen (EMA)
   5. Radiologically, it is a blastic lesion

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Week 11 Case 3 Discussion