Childhood synovial sarcoma 
 

Litovka V. K., Veselyi S. V., Sopov G. A., Litovka E. V., Cherkun A. V., Inozemtsev I. N. 
Donetsk National Medical University named after М. Gorkyi, Krasnyi Lyman, Ukraine

Donetsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital

Synovial sarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm with variable epithelial differentiation, with a propensity to occur in young age and which can arise in almost any site. Correct diagnosis is clinically important, due to the relative chemosensitivity of synovial sarcoma in relation to other sarcomas. There is considered own observation of synovial sarcoma.

Key words: synovial sarcoma, treatment, children.

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