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Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is an uncommon deep soft tissue neoplasm first described by Evans in 1987 as “a metastasizing soft tissue tumour with a deceptively benign histological appearance.” Since then, about 500 cases have been reported in the literature.
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Cinotti, E., Douchet, C., Rongioletti, F. (2015). Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma. In: Rare Malignant Skin Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2023-5_29
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