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Soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck associated with surgical trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. D. Dijkstra ,
A. J. M. Balm ,
R. T. Gregor ,
F. J. M. Hilgers  and
B. M. Lofrus
M. D. Dijkstra
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni vanLeeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A. J. M. Balm*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni vanLeeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
R. T. Gregor
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni vanLeeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
F. J. M. Hilgers
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni vanLeeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
B. M. Lofrus
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni vanLeeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
Address for correspondence: Dr A. J. M. Balm, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax: +31-20-512-2554
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Abstract

Soft tissue sarcomas in the head and neck are rare. Aetiological factors relating to these tumours have not yet been identified. The association with von Recklinghausen's disease andwith irradiation is however well recognized. In the literature it has been speculated that trauma may also play a role in the development of soft tissue sarcomas. In this article we present five patients with a history of surgical trauma at the site where a sarcoma later developed. Although we cannot prove a causal relationship, the relatively high incidence of possibly trauma-related soft tissue sarcomas in a series of 60 patients we have seen over a 30-year period, suggests that such a relationship could exist.

Keywords

Head and neck neoplasmsSoft tissue neoplasmsSarcomaWounds and injuries

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , February 1995 , pp. 126 - 129
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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