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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Does not arise from cartilage.<ref name=Ref_WMSP627>{{Ref WMSP|627}}</ref> | *Does not arise from cartilage.<ref name=Ref_WMSP627>{{Ref WMSP|627}}</ref> | ||
*Young adults or adolescents. | *Young adults or adolescents. | ||
**Classic age: 30s. | |||
*Poor prognosis. | *Poor prognosis. | ||
Clinical:<ref name=pmid16973781>{{Cite journal | last1 = Murphey | first1 = MD. | last2 = Gibson | first2 = MS. | last3 = Jennings | first3 = BT. | last4 = Crespo-Rodríguez | first4 = AM. | last5 = Fanburg-Smith | first5 = J. | last6 = Gajewski | first6 = DA. | title = From the archives of the AFIP: Imaging of synovial sarcoma with radiologic-pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | pages = 1543-65 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1148/rg.265065084 | PMID = 16973781 | URL = http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/26/5/1543.long }}</ref> | |||
*Present with soft palpable mass - slow growing - often for years. | |||
*May present with pain. | |||
**Uncommon finding in sarcomas. | |||
===Gross== | |||
Location: | |||
*Usually close to a joint. | |||
*Usually distal extremity ~65% of cases.<ref name=pmid16973781/> | |||
**Upper extremity ~20% of cases.<ref name=pmid16973781/> | |||
Appearance - often non-specific: | |||
*Solid often lobulated +/- cystic component. | |||
*Grey-yellow. | |||
*Pushing border to ill-defined border. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.sarcomaimages.com/images/db/synovial-sarcoma/synovial-sarcoma-01-gross-image,-sarcoma-images.jpg SS (sarcomaimages.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.sarcomaimages.com/index.php?v=Synovial-Sarcoma http://www.sarcomaimages.com/index.php?v=Synovial-Sarcoma]. Accessed on: 2 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*[http://www.tumorlibrary.com/case/detail.jsp?image_id=2462 SS (tumorlibrayr.com)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||