Work

Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma in a Low-Resource Country: A Case Report

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Primary synovial sarcoma of the lung is a rare malignant cancer. The symptoms are nonspecific; they may not appear at all, so it is often diagnosed in the late stages. Moreover, accurate diagnosis requires a combination of the results of clinical evaluation, imaging, and histological examinations, since the results of these methods separately are not very specific and may lead to misdiagnosis. Given the rarity of this diagnosis, the therapy is not standardized. The preferred treatment regimen involves surgery combined with neoadjuvant or adjuvant radio- and chemotherapy. This case report describes a 67-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with pulmonary synovial sarcoma. Diagnosis was confirmed via computed tomography (CT) imaging and immunohistochemical (IHC) examination. After surgical removal, the patient underwent adjuvant radiotherapy.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.79463

Authors: Araksi Gasparyan, Tatul Saghatelyan, Sergey Abrahamyan, Narek Shaverdian, Sergo Mkhitaryan

Institutions: Yerevan State Medical University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4407852780

FWCI:

Cites: 20

Cited by:

Related to: 10