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Synovial Sarcoma

Reports outline synovial sarcoma study results from Zhejiang University

Published in Oncology Business Week, August 31st, 2008

"This report describes the clinical, histological and immunohistochemical features of two patients with primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma in the context of the literature," investigators in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China report.

"Chest pain, cough, haemoptysis and an enlarging pleural-based mass are the main clinical manifestations. Diagnosis depends on identifying epithelioid or spindle cells microscopically and on immunohistochemistry showing positivity for cytokeratin and vimentin and epithelial membrane antigen stains," wrote J.J. Jiang and colleagues, Zhejiang University.

The researchers concluded: "Surgical excision is the main treatment...

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