Leiomyosarcoma of the chest wall mimicking schwannoma resected by a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach : a case report

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Chest wall sarcomas account for <20% of all soft tissue sarcomas of which leiomyosarcomas represent only 1-4%. We report a case of thoracic leiomyosarcoma that resembled schwannoma in preoperative image studies. A 79-year-old man presented to our hospital with a chest wall tumor that increased in size over 3 months. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a 3-cm mass arising from the chest wall. Thoracic magnetic resonance imaging showed a solid tumor that was hypo-intense on T1-weighted imaging and iso-intense on T2-weighted imaging. Chest wall resection was performed using a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach after a frozen section examination revealed sarcoma. The histological diagnosis was leiomyosarcoma. Liver and multiple lung metastases were detected 5 years after surgery. Malignant tumors should be considered in any patient with chest wall tumors. The thoracoscopic approach could be an optimal treatment for chest wall tumor.

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E-Artikel

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2022

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Journal of surgical case reports - 2022(2022), 1 vom: 20. Jan., Seite rjab563

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamamoto, Saki [VerfasserIn]
Hirose, Masahide [VerfasserIn]
Oyaizu, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Muramatsu, Aya [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Ohta, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 25.01.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1093/jscr/rjab563

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NLM336048165