tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Primary monophasic synovial sarcoma presenting as a pulmonary mass: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Primary monophasic synovial sarcoma presenting as a pulmonary mass: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Primary monophasic synovial sarcoma presenting as a pulmonary mass a case report Charalampos M Mermigkis Antony Kopanakis George Patentalakis Vlassis Polychronopoulos and Michael Patentalakis Address Third Pulmonary Department Sismanoglio General District Hospital Athens Greece Email Charalampos M Mermigkis - mermigis@ Antony Kopanakis - antony_kop@ George Patentalakis - Vlassis Polychronopoulos - pol_v@ Michael Patentalakis - Corresponding author Published 24 January 2008 Received 19 June 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 18 doi 1752-1947-2-18 Accepted 24 January 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 18 2008 Mermigkis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare tumor with only few case reports in the literature. Case presentation A healthy 67-year-old woman was admitted for investigation of a pulmonary mass found on a routine X-ray. She had a history of breast cancer diagnosed and treated 13 years previously with left mastectomy followed by adjuvant endocrine therapy. No progression of the disease was reported. Thoracic computer tomography disclosed a soft-tissue mass in the lower lobe of the left lung arising in the vicinity of the pleura. No abnormal lymph nodes were noted. Further work-up for metastases was negative. Subsequently the lower lobe of the left lung was removed and the diagnosis was a monophasic synovial sarcoma. Conclusion The diagnosis of monophasic primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma requires clinical imaging and .