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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 34(5): 437-440
Published online May 5, 2001
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Chi Hoon Bae, M.D.*, Oh Choon Kwon, M.D.*, Sub Lee, M.D.*, Chang Ho Cho, M.D.**
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Taegu Catholic University, Taegu,
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Synovial sarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor that primarily occurs in the paraarticular regions, especially in the knee. They are composed of keratin-positive epithelial cells and vimentin-positive spindle cells. We report a 76 year old woman with a primary synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum that had severe adhesion to the right side of pericardium. Primary synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum is extremely rare and this is the first case reported in the Korean literature. The mass including the pericardium was resected and the defect was closed with Gore-Tex patch. The patient is well and free of disease 6 months after the operation.
Keywords: 1. Sarcoma, synovial 2. Mediastinum neoplams 3. Mediastinum
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 34(5): 437-440
Published online May 5, 2001
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Chi Hoon Bae, M.D.*, Oh Choon Kwon, M.D.*, Sub Lee, M.D.*, Chang Ho Cho, M.D.**
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Taegu Catholic University, Taegu,
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Synovial sarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor that primarily occurs in the paraarticular regions, especially in the knee. They are composed of keratin-positive epithelial cells and vimentin-positive spindle cells. We report a 76 year old woman with a primary synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum that had severe adhesion to the right side of pericardium. Primary synovial sarcoma in the mediastinum is extremely rare and this is the first case reported in the Korean literature. The mass including the pericardium was resected and the defect was closed with Gore-Tex patch. The patient is well and free of disease 6 months after the operation.
Keywords: 1. Sarcoma, synovial 2. Mediastinum neoplams 3. Mediastinum
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