title: Aggressive pulmonary metastasectomies for synovial sarcoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsudomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamatake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: 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*