A Case of Monophasic Fibrous Synovial Sarcoma Confirmed Primary Pulmonary Origin by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Lee, Eun A; Lee, Do Young; Kwag, Hyon Joo; Kim, Min Kyung; Oh, Tae Yun; Lim, Si Young; Lim, Seong Yong

doi:2006.60.6.673

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 60(6); 2006 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2006;60(6):673-677.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2006.60.6.673 Published online June 1, 2006.

A Case of Monophasic Fibrous Synovial Sarcoma Confirmed Primary Pulmonary Origin by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Eun A Lee, Do Young Lee, Hyon Joo Kwag, Min Kyung Kim, Tae Yun Oh, Si Young Lim, Seong Yong Lim

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdlimsy@skku.edu
²Department of Radiology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Most malignant mesenchymal tumors of the lung are metastases of a primary tumor from elsewhere in the body. A primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma is a very rare neoplasm that accounts for approximately 10% of soft tissue sarcomas and makes up only 0.5% of all primary lung malignancies. We report a case of a primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma in a 60-year old woman. In this case, a lung metastasis was excluded using 18F-FDG PET /CT imaging.

Key Words: Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma, FDG PET/CT