TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma
T2 - A case report and review of current diagnostic and therapeutic standards
AU - Dennison, Sheri
AU - Weppler, Eric
AU - Giacoppe, George
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A 30-year-old female presented with hemoptysis, chest pain, and a rapidly enlarging pleural-based mass, and was found to have primary synovial sarcoma of the lung. Primary pulmonary sarcomas comprise <1% of all primary lung malignancies. They present clinically in young adults with cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, or hemoptysis, with a mass on x-ray and computerized tomography scan. Diagnosis is made by histology and immunohistochemistry. Histologic diagnosis has recently been supplemented by cytogenetic analysis, which offers important prognostic information. The mainstay of treatment remains complete surgical excision. Prognosis is poor, with an overall 5-year survival rate of 50%.
AB - A 30-year-old female presented with hemoptysis, chest pain, and a rapidly enlarging pleural-based mass, and was found to have primary synovial sarcoma of the lung. Primary pulmonary sarcomas comprise <1% of all primary lung malignancies. They present clinically in young adults with cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, or hemoptysis, with a mass on x-ray and computerized tomography scan. Diagnosis is made by histology and immunohistochemistry. Histologic diagnosis has recently been supplemented by cytogenetic analysis, which offers important prognostic information. The mainstay of treatment remains complete surgical excision. Prognosis is poor, with an overall 5-year survival rate of 50%.
KW - Genetics
KW - Malignancy
KW - Pleura
KW - Sarcoma
KW - Synovial
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U2 - 10.1634/theoncologist.9-3-339
DO - 10.1634/theoncologist.9-3-339
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15169989
AN - SCOPUS:2942525066
SN - 1083-7159
VL - 9
SP - 339
EP - 342
JO - Oncologist
JF - Oncologist
IS - 3
ER -