Giant primary low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma arising from the left pulmonary parenchyma: A case report and literature review

Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Nov;5(11):e1718. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1718. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Abstract

Background: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is a rare painless neoplasm that primarily grows in young adults' proximal extremities and trunks. The lungs are infrequent sites for this type of sarcoma.

Case presentation: We reported a 26-year-old female that presented with a chief complaint of chest pain from a few months ago to Kasra hospital, Tehran, Iran, in August 2021. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a hypodense mass with a well-defined margin measuring 9.3 cm in the left upper lobe and multiple hypodense lesions with a lobulated appearance with a total diameter of 15.5 × 13.5 cm in the left lower lobe of the lung.

Conclusion: This is the largest case of primary pulmonary low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (30 × 28 × 7 cm), which seemed unresectable at first evaluation. Due to the extent of the tumor, left pneumonectomy was performed, leading to attenuation of symptoms and no recurrence at a six-month follow-up.

Keywords: low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma; lung; pulmonary.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fibrosarcoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibrosarcoma* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung / surgery
  • Sarcoma* / diagnosis
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Young Adult