Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the pleura: a case report.
We herein present an exceedingly rare case of pleural osteosarcoma that was surgically resected in an elderly patient. A 74-year-old man, complaining of a dry cough and breathlessness on effort, was found to have massive pleural effusion on a chest X-ray. The chest CT and MRI scans indicated a massive effusion and a pleural tumor encasing the left lower lung. The resected tumor was histologically an osteosarcoma, measuring 11.3 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm. Because there was no evidence of any other primary tumor, the diagnosis of extraskeletal osteosarcoma was appropriate.
Matono
Rumi
R
Department of Surgery, Nippon Steel Yawata Memorial Hospital, 1-1-1 Harunomachi, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, 805-8508, Japan. matono.r@ns.yawata-mhp.or.jp
Maruyama
Riichiroh
R
Ide
Satoru
S
Kitagawa
Dai
D
Tanaka
Junko
J
Saeki
Hiroshi
H
Shimokama
Tatsuro
T
Higashi
Hidefumi
H
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed