A rare giant sarcoma of the chest wall: Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Gökhan Kocaman

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20061

Gökhan Kocaman¹, Mustafa Bülent Yenigün¹, Burak Kaya², Necip Sefa Özden², Arda Özdemir², Muhammed Emre Koçak¹, Hale Kıvrak³, Ayten Kayı Cangır¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Medical Pathology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20061

Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or, as formerly called, malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a type of sarcoma which originates from fibroblast and histiocytic cells. It is the most common type of sarcoma among all soft tissue sarcomas in adults. Its most common site is the lower limb, followed by the upper limb and the retroperitoneum. It is rarely encountered on chest wall. In the differential diagnosis of masses on chest wall, it is important to consider undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in surgical planning. In this article, we report a male case with a giant undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma located above the right scapula.

Keywords : Chest wall, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

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