title: Primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma: a case report.
abstract: Pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma (PPSS) is an extremely rare malignant tumor, which is increasingly recognized as a subtype of sarcoma with a distinctive chromosomal translocation specific to synovial sarcoma. It is often presents like any thoracic tumor with symptoms such as chest pain or cough. Here we report a case of PPSS in a 49-year-old woman presenting with cough, shortness of breath and chest pain. And who were found upon histologic examination of the resection specimen to have cystic primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin Hospital of ITCWM (Tianjin Nankai Hospital) Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Lianfang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Hospital of ITCWM (Tianjin Nankai Hospital) Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Department of Senior Ward, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital; Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Pulmonary neoplasm; synovial sarcoma
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