Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma in the mediastinum: a case report

Selim Şakir Erkmen Gülhan,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.073

Selim Şakir Erkmen Gülhan¹, Şule Karadayı¹, Mehtap Aydın², Nurettin Karaoğlanoğlu¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Pathology, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.073

Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is a rare type of soft tissue tumor. A 25-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of back pain and dyspnea. Thorax computed tomography revealed a mass lesion of 17x13x11 cm in its largest diameter in the posterior mediastinum. Total mass excision was performed through right thoracotomy. Histopathological examination revealed low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Although low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma rarely involves mediastinum, it should be considered in the presence of such mass.

Keywords : Mediastinal neoplasm; mediastinum, sarcoma

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