Cervical synovial sarcoma necessitating multiple neurosurgical procedures

Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Dec;25(6):769-71. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2011.584981. Epub 2011 Jun 29.

Abstract

Synovial sarcoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour with the worst prognosis among soft tissue tumours. Although chemosensitive, it can only be cured by complete surgical resection, often limited by its anatomical relations. We present a patient with a cervical synovial sarcoma. Three operations were performed followed by equal recurrences.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
  • Reoperation
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / secondary*
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / surgery*