Key result
Pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma treatment in an HIV patient ends in fatal cardiac tamponade 19 months post-surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
Multidisciplinary treatment including extrapleural pneumonectomy for primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma may provide temporary control, but pericardial dissemination can lead to fatal cardiac tamponade.
Alerts to fatal tamponade risk from pericardial spread despite multimodality care; leaves open optimal strategies for this rare sarcoma.
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Tone et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma (n=1). Multidisciplinary treatment including extrapleural pneumonectomy and chemotherapy was evaluated on Clinical course and survival. A 41-year-old man with HIV and primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy and multiple lines of chemotherapy, but died of cardiac tamponade 19 months after surgery.
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