Case Report
Primary Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma: A Very Rare Presentation
Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan,
1
Sinem Nedime Sokucu,
2
Gulsah Gunluoglu,
2
Nurdan Simsek Veske,
2
and Sedat Altin
2
1
Department of Chest Diseases, Medical Faculty, Medipol University, 34214 Istanbul, Turkey
2
Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and horacic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence should be addressed to Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan; drekremcs@yahoo.com
Received 4 April 2014; Revised 24 June 2014; Accepted 9 July 2014; Published 3 August 2014
Academic Editor: Akif Turna
Copyright © 2014 Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan et al. his is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
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Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a rare tumor originating from mesenchymal tissue and accounting for approximately 5–10% of all sot tissue
sarcomas. A rare case of primary pulmonary SS in an asymptomatic 18-year-old man admitted to our hospital for investigation of a
6 × 6.5 cm, oval-shaped, well-delineated pleural based peripheral mass in the let lower lobe in his thorax CT is presented. Let lower
lobectomy was done. Immunohistochemically, tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), and
vimentin so that the histopathological diagnosis was compatible with biphasic spindle cell type SS in the lung.
1. Introduction
Synovial sarcomas (SS) account for nearly 5–10% of all sot tis-
sue sarcomas [1, 2]. Clinically it is presented as a palpable and
painful sot tissue mass. SS not only occurs predominantly
in the large joints of the extremities, but also could occur
in neck, tongue, larynx, mediastinum, esophagus, heart,
lung, abdomen wall, small intestine, mesentery, vessels, and
retroperitoneum. horacic involvement of the SS in the liter-
ature was reported to be very rare [1, 2]. Primary pulmonary
and mediastinal SS is an aggressive tumor sharing common
histological features with sot tissue SS [3, 4]. SS, although
rare, is a primary pulmonary and mediastinal neoplasm with
distinctive histology. It’s rare occurrence in this region cause
to be overlooked in the diferential diagnosis. Recognizing
radiological, histopathological, and molecular properties of
the SS is very important for appropriate treatment.
2. Case Report
An 18-year-old man was referred for investigation of a periph-
eral opacity in the let lung lower lobe, which was discovered
incidentally on a chest radiograph. he patient is a student
and has a 6-pack/year smoking history. He was in good
general health and well nourished. Physical examination was
normal. he results of blood tests and standard biochemical
tests were normal.
Posteroanterior chest X-ray (Figure 1) revealed a well-
demarcated 6 cm in diameter peripheral opacity in the let
lower lobe near by the diaphragm. Chest computed tomogra-
phy (CT) conirmed a 6 × 6.5 cm, oval-shaped, well-delineat-
ed pleural basedperipheral mass in the let lower lobe, in
sot tissue attenuation and with no evidence of mediastinal
or axillary adenopathy. Cyst hydatid hemagglutination was
negative. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed no endobronchial
pathology. Bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial brushing
specimens, obtained during bronchoscopy, were negative for
malignancy.
horax CT angiography was taken to reveal vascular
relation of the tumor. Heterogeneous contrast enhanced 6,5 ×
4,5 × 6 cm mass lesion located at posterobasal segment of
the let lung lower lobe was seen (Figure 2). No vascular
relation was detected. he CT-guided ine needle aspirate
from the mass revealed roundcell tumor. Full body bone
scintigraphy and cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MR)
taken for metastasis evaluation were normal.
Let posterolateral thoracotomy was performed. At lower
lobe of the lung a big tumor at posterobasal segment was
observed. he tumor was under the visceral pleura. Subse-
quently let lower lobectomy was done with dissection of
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