Case report: A giant lung leiomyosarcoma: From an accurate diagnosis to a successful surgery. A rare case and brief literature review.

lung cancer pneumonectomy primary lung leiomyosarcoma sterno-thoracotomy thoracic surgery transcatheter arterial embolization

Journal

Frontiers in surgery
ISSN: 2296-875X
Titre abrégé: Front Surg
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101645127

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 22 06 2022
accepted: 01 08 2022
entrez: 19 9 2022
pubmed: 20 9 2022
medline: 20 9 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcomas (PPLs) are incredibly rare tumors, characterized by an often-aggressive clinical behavior. Diagnosis is frequently incidental. Whenever present, symptoms are nonspecific, thus PPLs are usually misdiagnosed as other more common respiratory diseases or lung cancer subtypes. Surgery is the best treatment choice and in the therapeutic strategy, timeliness and radicality are of major importance. We report the case of a huge left PPL, successfully treated with salvage surgery after a careful multidisciplinary preoperative assessment, which permitted a prompt diagnostic path and surgery.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36117833
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.975982
pmc: PMC9475251
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

975982

Informations de copyright

© 2022 Sicolo, Mastromarino, Rabazzi, Bacchin, Ali, APRILE and Lucchi.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Elisa Sicolo (E)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Maria Giovanna Mastromarino (MG)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Giacomo Rabazzi (G)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Diana Bacchin (D)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Greta Ali (G)

Unit of Pathological Anatomy, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Vittorio Aprile (V)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Marco Lucchi (M)

Thoracic Surgery Division, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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