Clinical Study
Frequency of Certain Established Risk Factors in Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Adults: A Prospective Descriptive Study of 658 Cases
Table 2
Sarcomas
associated with genetic syndromes.
| Sex ratio | 13 males/6 females |
| Age | Median: 37.5 (18–64) | Mean: 37.5 (+/− 14) |
| Parameter | Number of cases | Percentage | 95%-CI |
| Recklinghausen disease | 14 | 73.6 | 56–95 | Bilateral retinoblastoma | 2 | 10.5 | 0–23 | Familial polypadenomatosis | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 | Gorlin
syndrome | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 | Li-Fraumeni
syndrome | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 |
| MPNST | 7 | 36.8 | 18–61 | Undifferentiated sarcoma | 4 | 15.7 | 2–37 | Leiomyosarcoma | 2 | 10.5 | 6–30 | Synovialosarcoma | 2 | 10.5 | 6–30 | Angiosarcoma | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 | Fibrosarcoma | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 | Aggressive fibromatosis | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 | Rhabdomyosarcoma | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 |
| Grade 1 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | Grade 2 | 3 | 27.2 | 5–49 | Grade 3 | 8 | 72.8 | 50–99 |
| Chest wall | 8 | 42.1 | 14–56 | Lower limb | 5 | 26.3 | 10–50 | Head and neck | 3 | 15.8 | 0–30 | Abdominal wall | 2 | 10.5 | 0–30 | Pulmonary artery | 1 | 5.2 | 0–14 |
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