[Xeroradiography in the evaluation of surgical scars and in research on recurrence of sarcomas in soft tissues].

Xeroradiography was performed for the follow-up of 182 patients operated for soft tissues sarcomas. In 63/182 cases, xeroradiographic examination was repeated twice or more times during the course of years, so that the overall amount of diagnostic evaluations reached the number of 283 useful examinations. In 115/182 cases the presence of a neoplastic recurrency was demonstrated on histopathological or clinical grounds; in the remaining 67/182 cases no evidence of tumoral growth was found. The xeroradiographic diagnosis of neoplastic recurrencies was correct in 271/283 evaluations (95,75%). The false negative diagnosis were prevailing (11/283 = 3,9%), while only 1/283 false positive result occurred (0,35%). The xeroradiographic features of surgical scars within soft tissues are discussed and the semeiologic landmarks of neoplastic recurrencies are outlined.