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Case Reports
. 2024 Feb 23;16(2):e54766.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.54766. eCollection 2024 Feb.

A Rare Case of Spindle Cell Sarcoma With Rare Asymptomatic Cerebellar Metastasis

Candace Miyaki  1 , Kathie Wu  2 , David Nye  1 , Nadia Ramdin  3
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A Rare Case of Spindle Cell Sarcoma With Rare Asymptomatic Cerebellar Metastasis

Candace Miyaki et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Sarcomas are one of the rarest cancers, occurring in less than 1% of all adult malignancies. Spindle cell sarcomas are one subset of soft tissue sarcomas that are even less commonly reported in the literature due to the scarcity of cases, especially with the presence of brain metastases. We present a case of an adult male who presented with non-specific exertional dyspnea and chest pain, which was found to have spindle cell sarcoma with cerebellar metastasis.

Keywords: brain metastasis; pulmonary artery tumor; pulmonary artery tumor thrombus; soft-tissue sarcoma; spindle cell sarcoma.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Pulmonary mass on CT imaging
Figure 2
Figure 2. Coronal view of the pulmonary mass
Figure 3
Figure 3. Cavitary lesion in the left lingula
Figure 4
Figure 4. Filling defects distal to the pulmonary mass
Figure 5
Figure 5. Positive MDM2 FISH assay
FISH: fluorescence in situ hybridization
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