[Primary neurogenous sarcoma of the lung; report of a case].
We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with primary neurogenous sarcoma of the lung. She had no symptoms but an abnormal shadow of the right lower lung field on the chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a well defined round mass, 20 mm in maximum diameter, at the right S9. Pathological study of the specimen obtained by CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy showed undefferentiated carcinoma. Positron emission tomography (PET) disclosed intensely increased uptake of fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) at the lung lesion without other abnormal uptakes. The patient underwent right lower lobectomy of the lung and mediastinal lymph nodes dissection. Results from immunohistological study yielded a definitive diagnosis of neurogenous sarcoma. Postoperative course was uneventful, and there has been no evidence of recurrence and metastasis for more than a year after the surgery. Reported cases of primary neurogenous sarcoma of the lung are reviewed.
Manabe
Hideaki
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Umemoto
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T
Takagi
H
H
Matsuno
Y
Y
Kato
T
T
Sekino
S
S
Sekido
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D018319:Neurofibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed