Table 1

Summary of the clinical presentation of the cases of sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma reported in the literature

Series/Case reportNumber of patients (males; females)Age range (years)Location of tumourDuration of symptoms
Head and neckUpper limbLower limbTrunk
Meis-Kindblom et al (1995)125 (14M; 11F)14–8722129Months to years
Reid et al (1996)21 (M)40001018 months
Christensen et al (1997)31 (M)3700106 months
Eyden et al (1998)45 (1M; 4F)23–743002Not stated
Gisselsson et al (1998)51 (M)140010Not stated
Donner et al (2000)61 (M)5500104 years
Bilsky et al (2000)73 (3F)14–5220018 months–13 years
Arya et al (2001)81 (M)5500014 months
Antonescu et al (2001)916 (6M; 10F)14–555434Months to 13 years
Hanson et al (2001)101 (M)5400013 months
Jiao et al (2002)111 (F)75000120 months
Abdulkader et al (2002)121 (F)42116 years
Cumulative data57 (27M; 30F)14–871261920Months to 16 years