Soft tissue sarcoma metastatic to pleura.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks, cilt.56, sa.2, ss.197-200, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Dergi Adı: Tuberkuloz ve toraks
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.197-200
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Almost all cancers can cause distant pleural metastases. However, pleural metastases of soft tissue sarcoma that constitute less than 1% of adult solid malignancy are extremely rare. It is very difficult to distinguish them form sarcomatous malignant mesothelioma on histopathological features. We report a 57 year-old man who presented to us with left chest pain and progressive dyspnea and was diagnosed to have a pleural metastases of soft tissue sarcoma by thoracoscopic biopsy.