Open AccessManagement of locally advanced primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma
Author(s) -
Ambarish Chatterjee,
Rajiv Kumar,
Nilendu Purandare,
Sabita Jiwnani,
George Karimundackal,
C S Pramesh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.201295
Subject(s) - medicine , synovial sarcoma , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , presentation (obstetrics) , sarcoma , radiology , surgery , primary treatment , pathology
Primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma (PMSS) is a relatively rare disease, and patients are treated predominantly with surgery for resectable disease. Management of locally advanced borderline resectable and unresectable PMSS is not only challenging but also lacks standard guidelines. We present three patients with PMSS, who were unresectable or borderline resectable at presentation and were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy.