Soft tissue sarcoma metastatic to pleura.
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چکیده
Almost all cancers can cause distant pleural metastases. However, pleural metastases of soft tissue sarcoma that constitute less than 1% of adult solid malignancy are extremely rare. It is very difficult to distinguish them form sarcomatous malignant mesothelioma on histopathological features. We report a 57 year-old man who presented to us with left chest pain and progressive dyspnea and was diagnosed to have a pleural metastases of soft tissue sarcoma by thoracoscopic biopsy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Tuberkuloz ve toraks
دوره 56 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008