Primary mediastinal giant synovial sarcoma: A rare case report

Primary mediastinal giant synovial sarcoma: A rare case report

Synovial sarcoma has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 as a type of mesenchymal tissue cell tumor that exhibits epithelial differentiation and represents the third most common soft-tissue sarcoma in adults, accounting for approximately 10% of soft-tissue sarcomas. To date,...

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Main Authors: Gaetano Rea, Francesco Somma, Tullio Valente, Giuseppe Antinolfi, Graziella Di Grezia, Gianluca Gatta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-03-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Mediastinal synovial sarcoma
Soft-tissue tumor
Monophasic stromal tumor
Multidetector computed tomography
Poorly differentiated spindle-like tumor
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14002095
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Summary:Synovial sarcoma has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 as a type of mesenchymal tissue cell tumor that exhibits epithelial differentiation and represents the third most common soft-tissue sarcoma in adults, accounting for approximately 10% of soft-tissue sarcomas. To date, only few reports have focused on mediastinal synovial sarcoma imaging findings. Herein, we report a case of a 13 cm primary mediastinal giant synovial sarcoma, diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient admitted in our Department of Radiology with a six-month history of dyspnea and back pain.
ISSN:0378-603X

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