Aggressive pulmonary metastasectomies for synovial sarcoma.
A 51-year-old woman underwent a bilateral wedge resection of lung metastases through a median sternotomy 10 months after an initial operation for synovial sarcoma of the left lower extremity. Since then, five right and two left posterolateral thoracotomies have been performed over a 6-year period. The patient is presently doing well 7 years after the initial operation of the left lower extremity without any evidence of recurrence.
Maruyama
R
R
Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Mitsudomi
T
T
Ishida
T
T
Saitoh
G
G
Nishioka
K
K
Fukuyama
Y
Y
Hamatake
M
M
Sugio
K
K
Sugimachi
K
K
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*