title: A giant pleural poorly differentiated synovial sarcoma (PDSS) in a 64-year-old woman.
abstract: The article presents the rare case of a 64-year-old woman, who was admitted to our thoracic surgery department with a giant tumor in a right hemithorax measuring 88 mm × 137 mm × 188 mm, revealed by a thoracic CT scan. An anterolateral thoracotomy with a radical tumor resection was performed. The final pathological diagnosis of the poorly differentiated synovial sarcoma (PDSS) was made. The adjuvant radiotherapy of 60 Gy in 30 fractions was applied postoperatively. One year after operation patient remains in good health. The literature review on pleural synovial sarcoma has been shortly presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland;; Division of Nursing in Surgical Procedures, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Wroclaw Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szymańska-Chabowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology and Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Dawid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janczak
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology and Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dorobisz
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland;; Division of Nursing in Surgical Procedures, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leśniak
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathomorphology and Oncological Cytology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeleń
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 4 Military Teaching Hospital, 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland;; Division of Nursing in Surgical Procedures, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janczak
keywords: Synovial sarcoma (SS); pleural cavity tumor; thoracotomy