Surgery and Proton Beam Therapy for Tracheal Synovial Sarcoma

Cong Ye; Junhong Guo; Xiaogang Liu; Gening Jiang; Weixi Wang

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.058

Surgery and Proton Beam Therapy for Tracheal Synovial Sarcoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):e265-e267. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.058. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Authors

Cong Ye¹, Junhong Guo², Xiaogang Liu¹, Gening Jiang², Weixi Wang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Geriatrics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: wangweixi163@163.com.

PMID: 32145197
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.058

Abstract

Synovial sarcoma (SS) is an uncommon malignant tumor associated with poor prognosis, and SS arising from the trachea is even rarer, with only 3 cases reported previously. We present the case of a 19-year-old man for whom imaging studies revealed a mass of soft tissue density in the lower trachea. An en bloc trachea segmental resection and postoperative proton beam therapy were performed. Diagnosis was confirmed by the SS18-SSX gene rearrangement. The patient was alive without tumor recurrence for 18 months. This case report presents tracheal SS successfully treated with surgery and postoperative proton therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Male
Proton Therapy*
Sarcoma, Synovial / radiotherapy*
Sarcoma, Synovial / surgery*
Tracheal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Tracheal Neoplasms / surgery*
Young Adult