Soft tissue sarcoma metastatic to pleura
Thursday, August 14th, 2008.
Tuberkuloz ve Toraks. 2008 Apr;56(2):197-200. [Link]
Yildirim H, Metıntaş M, Ak G, Dündar E, Ergınel S.
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey. heylul2002@yahoo.com.
Abstract
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.
Glossary
- sarcoma
- (sar-co-muh) a malignant tumor growing from connective tissues, such as cartilage, fat, muscle, or bone.
- biopsy
- (buy-op-see) the removal of a sample of tissue to see whether cancer cells are present. There are several kinds of biopsies. In some, a very thin needle is used to draw fluid and cells from a lump. In a core biopsy, a larger needle is used to remove more tissue.
- tissue
- a collection of cells, united to perform a particular function.
- mesothelioma
- a tumor derived from mesothelial tissue, such as the peritoneum (lining the abdomen) or pleura (lining the lungs). More on mesothelioma.
