Poor outcome of comprehensive therapy in a case of laryngeal synovial sarcoma

BACKGROUND: Synovial sarcoma is common in the extremities. Our search revealed only 17 cases of synovial sarcoma of the larynx in the English-language literature. CASE REPORT: We report an additional case of a 37-year-old man with primary laryngeal synovial sarcoma who underwent positron emission to...

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Autores principales: Bao, Yang-Yang, Wang, Quin-Ying, Zhou, Shui-Hong, Zhao, Kui, Ruan, Ling-Xiang, Yao, Hong-Tian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Versita, Warsaw 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3691082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23801906
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0027
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Synovial sarcoma is common in the extremities. Our search revealed only 17 cases of synovial sarcoma of the larynx in the English-language literature. CASE REPORT: We report an additional case of a 37-year-old man with primary laryngeal synovial sarcoma who underwent positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) following the treatment. Although the patient received comprehensive therapy including surgery, radiotherapy, repeated chemotherapies, and targeted therapies, he had an unfavourable outcome and died of distant metastases. CONCLUSIONS: In synovial sarcoma of the larynx, PET/CT can detect recurrence and metastasis. PET/CT can also predict the treatment effect in patients with synovial sarcoma.

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