Key result
Fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection of primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma shows no recurrence at 30 months.
Case Report (n=1)
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Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma requires comprehensive pathological evaluation for definitive diagnosis and should be included in the differential diagnosis of a well-defined homogeneous round or oval lung mass.
Supports including pulmonary synovial sarcoma in lung mass differentials; leaves open generalizability of resection outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma (PPSS) is rare. We describe a case of PPSS complicated by tibial adamantinoma that required differentiation from lung metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 39-year-old Japanese woman presented with hemoptysis, dyspnea, and a well-defined tumor measuring 3.0 cm in greatest diameter in the right lower lobe on chest computed tomography (CT). Positron emission tomography/CT with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET/CT) showed mild uptake of FDG (maximum standardized uptake value of 2.0). Her past history included surgery for adamantinoma of the right tibia at age 25 years. We considered the possibility of pulmonary metastasis from the adamantinoma and performed fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection of the tumor after CT-guided Lipiodol marking. Histologically, the tumor was composed mainly of a dense proliferation of spindle cells. Immunohistochemical studies were positive for epithelial membrane antigen, B cell lymphoma 2, and transducing-like enhancer of split 1. They were negative for CD34. The synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 1 gene-fusion transcript was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. It is diagnostic of PPSS. Resection margins were negative. The patient was well without evidence of recurrence or metastasis of the PPSS or adamantinoma at the 30-month and 15-year follow-ups. CONCLUSION: Clinical and radiological manifestations of PPSS overlap with those of other lung tumors. The solitary pulmonary nodule in this case was indistinguishable from pulmonary metastases of the adamantinoma based on clinical symptoms, epidemiology, chest radiography, CT, and FDG-PET/CT. PPSS was diagnosed only after evaluating gross pathology, histology, immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetics. PPSS should be included in the differential diagnosis of a well-defined homogeneous round or oval lung mass. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PPSS complicated by adamantinoma.
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Shirai et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma (n=1). Fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection was evaluated on Recurrence or metastasis. Fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma in a patient with a history of tibial adamantinoma resulted in no recurrence or metastasis at 30 months.
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