Abstract:
A 40 year man presented with chest pain, cough and shortness of breath and
left sided lung mass. After proper evaluation surgery was plan and left sided
pneumonectomy was done and was found to have primary synovial sarcoma
of the lung on histogy. Primary pulmonary sarcoma comprise <1% of all
primary lung malignancy. They present clinically in young adults with cough,
shortness of breath, or haemoptysis, with a mass on x-ray and CT. Diagnosis
is made by histology and immono histochemistry. The main stay of treatment
remains complete surgical excision. Prognosis is poor, with an over all 5
year survival rate 50%.