[Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma. Apropos of 1 case with cytogenetic study].

Ann Pathol

Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon cedex 04.

Published: December 2000

Synovial sarcoma most commonly occurs in the peri-articular regions of the extremities. We report a case of primary pulmonary monophasic synovial sarcoma. This tumor is extremely rare and shows a particular immunohistochemical pattern of great help for the diagnosis. Cytogenetic study confirm the diagnosis by showing the specific t (X; 18) chromosomal translocation, characteristic of synovial sarcoma in all anatomic locations.

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