Soft tissue sarcoma: two cases of solitary lung metastasis more than 15 years after diagnosis.
Soft tissue sarcomas may behave unpredictably. We present two adult cases in which solitary pulmonary metastases have occurred, 18 and 16 years after diagnosis. In both cases the primary disease was successfully controlled by conservative surgery combined with radiotherapy.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*