Pulmonary synovial sarcoma. (January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aydoğdu, Koray; Sahin, Furkan; Fındık, Göktürk; Kaya, Sadi
• Is Part Of: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals. Volume 22:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2014-01
• Subjects: Combined -- modality -- therapy -- Diagnosis -- differential -- Lung -- neoplasms -- Pneumonectomy -- Sarcoma; Heart -- Diseases -- Asia -- Periodicals; Heart -- Diseases -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Heart -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Asia -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Asia -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.412
• DOI: 10.1177/0218492312472512
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0218-4923

Abstract

We describe the case of a 36-year-old man who presented with chest pain and a mass lesion occupying 2/3rds of the left hemithorax on a chest radiograph. A malignant pulmonary tumor was suspected, and after all diagnostic procedures, spindle-cell carcinoma was considered. Because of the proximity of the lesion to vascular structures, chemoradiotherapy was given before surgery. A left pneumonectomy was performed. Pathology identified a pulmonary synovial sarcoma which rarely occurs in the thorax.