Key result
Post-operative pathology of a large hemi-thorax mass confirms rare pulmonary synovial sarcoma with renal metastasis.
Why the study?
Synovial sarcomas are aggressive neoplasms that mainly localize in the extremities and joints and rarely occur in the thorax.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights a rare presentation of metastatic pulmonary synovial sarcoma in a young woman presenting with chest pain.
May prompt consideration of rare sarcomas in young adults with thoracic masses; leaves open optimal management strategies for metastatic pulmonary synovial sarcoma.
Synovial sarcomas are considered as one of the most aggressive neoplasms that account for approximately 8% of all soft tissue sarcomas; they are mainly localized in soft tissues of the extremities and joints and rarely occur in the thorax. In this case report, we describe a 34-year-old woman presenting a chest pain with a chest radiography showing a mass lesion occupying two-thirds of the right hemi-thorax. A malignant pulmonary tumor was suspected after CT imaging revealing a bilateral renal metastasis, and then a spindle-cell carcinoma was thought-about. The post-operative pathological analysis of the main mass confirmed the diagnosis of a pulmonary synovial sarcoma.
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Laasri et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Metastatic pulmonary synovial sarcoma (n=1). Surgical resection and pathological analysis was evaluated on Diagnosis of pulmonary synovial sarcoma. Post-operative pathological analysis of a large right hemi-thorax mass in a 34-year-old woman confirmed the rare diagnosis of pulmonary synovial sarcoma with bilateral renal metastasis.
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