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Case Reports
. 2007 May;76(2):109-11.

Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma

Reubendra Jeganathan  1 , Richard Davis, Lorraine Wilson, James McGuigan, Pushpinder Sidhu
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Case Reports

Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma

Reubendra Jeganathan et al. Ulster Med J. 2007 May.

Abstract

Synovial sarcoma occurs predominantly in the soft tissues of the extremities, but is exceedingly rare in the mediastinum. It has overlapping histological and immunophenotypic features with other tumours in the differential diagnosis. We report a case of a patient who had an incidental finding of such a tumour. Because of the rarity of this tumour in the mediastinum, optimal therapy is unknown and the prognosis remains guarded.

Keywords: mediastinal tumour; sarcoma.

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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Chest radiograph demonstrating a mass abutting the mediastinum within the left hemithorax.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Transaxial image showing tumour with plane of cleavage from arch of aorta. Small volume of pre-vascular/superior mediastinal nodes on CT are not FDG avid.
Fig 3
Fig 3
Histology demonstrating spindle and epithelioid cells.
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