Key result
Thorough spirometry and CT evaluation guides successful diagnosis and treatment of rare tracheal synovial sarcoma.
Why the study?
Primary tracheal synovial sarcoma is a rare malignancy that is challenging to diagnose due to its rarity and symptom overlap with other airway obstruction diseases.
Case Report (n=1)
A thorough initial evaluation including spirometry can lead to earlier diagnosis and successful treatment of rare primary tracheal synovial sarcoma.
Supports thorough evaluation for atypical dyspnea; single case leaves generalizability open.
Primary tracheal synovial sarcoma is a rare malignancy and is usually found incidentally. Tumours can present with cough, dyspnoea, stridor and intermittent haemoptysis. The diagnosis is challenging because it is rare, and the symptoms may mimic other diseases of airway obstruction. A previously well 53-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. He had a history of minimal haemoptysis a few months prior to presentation. Spirometry showed an obstructive pattern, and a computed tomography scan of the thorax revealed an intraluminal tracheal mass. This case highlights that a thorough initial evaluation, including spirometry, leads to an earlier diagnosis and successful treatment of this rare sarcoma.
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Hamid et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Primary tracheal synovial sarcoma (n=1). Thorough initial evaluation including spirometry and computed tomography was evaluated on Diagnosis and successful treatment. A thorough initial evaluation, including spirometry and computed tomography, led to the successful diagnosis and treatment of a rare primary tracheal synovial sarcoma in a 53-year-old man.
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