title: Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom. reubenj@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Reubendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jeganathan
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGuigan
authors.forename: Pushpinder
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sidhu
mesh_terms: 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