Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma in a Low-Resource Country: A Case Report
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.
Authors
- Sergo Mkhitaryan
- Narek Shaverdian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-8749)
- A. V. Gasparyan
- Tatul Saghatelyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-6430)
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Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (AM)
- Yerevan State Medical University (AM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79463
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00