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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1599-1600
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Urgent pneumonectomy for metastatic sarcoma

Hayssam Gibbaoui, MD*, Mohamed Yaman, MD, FRCS(C), FACS

Thoracic Surgery Unit, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Received for publication July 26, 2007; accepted for publication August 30, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Hayssam Gibbaoui, MD, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Tawam Hospital, PO Box 15258, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. (Email: hgibbaoui@hotmail.com).

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Soft tissue sarcoma is a rare neoplasm that can arise from any anatomic site. In patients with extremity soft tissue sarcoma, pulmonary metastases tend to develop more frequently than in patients with sarcomas at other sites. Surgical resection of pulmonary metastases from soft tissue sarcoma is a widely accepted form of potentially curative therapy. Although pneumonectomy is infrequently performed for pulmonary metastases, we describe a case of right-sided urgent pneumonectomy for metastatic sarcoma in a young patient with hemodynamic as well as respiratory compromise.

Clinical Summary

A 24-year-old woman had, in April 2005, a resection of left thigh high-grade fibrosarcoma followed by radiation therapy. One year later, in April 2006, the patient had right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. No air entry was noticed in the right . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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