Synovial sarcoma: imaging features of common and uncommon primary sites, metastatic patterns, and treatment response

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Aug;199(2):W208-15. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.8039.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this review is to describe the imaging features, common and uncommon sites, metastatic pattern, and treatment response of synovial sarcoma.

Conclusion: Synovial sarcoma primarily occurs in young adults, most commonly in the lower extremities; presents as a large, noninfiltrative, well-circumscribed mass adjacent to joints, often with punctuate calcifications; and may exhibit a triple signal pattern on T2-weighted images. Small synovial sarcomas can mimic benign lesions. This tumor has a propensity for late local recurrence and metastasis, most commonly to lung.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / therapy