Soft tissue sarcoma metastatic to pleura.

YILDIRIM H., METİNTAŞ M., AK G., DÜNDAR E., Erginel S.

Tuberkuloz ve toraks, cilt.56, sa.2, ss.197-200, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.