Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma.
Synovial sarcoma occurs predominantly in the soft tissues of the extremities, but is exceedingly rare in the mediastinum. It has overlapping histological and immunophenotypic features with other tumours in the differential diagnosis. We report a case of a patient who had an incidental finding of such a tumour. Because of the rarity of this tumour in the mediastinum, optimal therapy is unknown and the prognosis remains guarded.
Jeganathan
Reubendra
R
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom. reubenj@hotmail.com
Davis
Richard
R
Wilson
Lorraine
L
McGuigan
James
J
Sidhu
Pushpinder
P
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed