TY - JOUR
T1 - Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the pleura
T2 - A case report
AU - Matono, Rumi
AU - Maruyama, Riichiroh
AU - Ide, Satoru
AU - Kitagawa, Dai
AU - Tanaka, Junko
AU - Saeki, Hiroshi
AU - Shimokama, Tatsuro
AU - Higashi, Hidefumi
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - We herein present an exceedingly rare case of pleural osteosarcoma that was surgically resected in an elderly patient. A 74-year-old man, complaining of a dry cough and breathlessness on effort, was found to have massive pleural effusion on a chest X-ray. The chest CT and MRI scans indicated a massive effusion and a pleural tumor encasing the left lower lung. The resected tumor was histologically an osteosarcoma, measuring 11.3 × 9.0 × 6.0 cm. Because there was no evidence of any other primary tumor, the diagnosis of extraskeletal osteosarcoma was appropriate.
AB - We herein present an exceedingly rare case of pleural osteosarcoma that was surgically resected in an elderly patient. A 74-year-old man, complaining of a dry cough and breathlessness on effort, was found to have massive pleural effusion on a chest X-ray. The chest CT and MRI scans indicated a massive effusion and a pleural tumor encasing the left lower lung. The resected tumor was histologically an osteosarcoma, measuring 11.3 × 9.0 × 6.0 cm. Because there was no evidence of any other primary tumor, the diagnosis of extraskeletal osteosarcoma was appropriate.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11748-007-0216-5
DO - 10.1007/s11748-007-0216-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 18401680
AN - SCOPUS:41949123061
SN - 1863-6705
VL - 56
SP - 180
EP - 182
JO - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -