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Coli A, Cassano A, Novello M, Ranelletti FO, Lauriola L. Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma: A review correlating outcomes with surgery and adjuvant therapy. J Card Surg 2019; 34:1321-1327. [PMID: 31441555 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac synovial sarcoma (CSS) is an extremely rare malignant tumor with a severe prognosis, due to frequent relapses and metastases. To obtain useful information for treatment protocols, we analyzed survival and therapy data from the cases reported in the literature. METHODS A search of MEDLINE was performed throughout December 2018. Using key words relating to primary CSS, we collected from the literature a total of 97 cases, mainly consisting of single case reports. To identify predictors of overall survival, statistical analyses were performed on a selected cohort of 55 patients for whom relevant clinicopathological data were available, including surgery and adjuvant therapy. RESULTS The univariable analysis revealed that patients in their first three decades of life have better overall survival. The univariable analysis also showed that patients not receiving adjuvant chemotherapy are at increased risk of death. In the multivariable analysis, tumor resection and chemotherapy are factors significantly improving overall survival. CONCLUSION The survival of patients with CSS is positively influenced by a young patient's age and greatly improved by the administration of chemotherapy, even in the absence of tumor resection.
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- Antonella Coli
- Department of Pathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Histology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Wang JG, Li NN. Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma. Ann Thorac Surg 2013; 95:2202-9. [PMID: 23647858 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare entity. The clinical and pathologic characteristics are still poorly understood, and prognostic factors influencing overall survival are still unknown. In the present study, all characteristics of reported patients, including sex, age, clinical presentations, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram, imaging findings, pathology, location, therapy, and follow-up were carefully reviewed and survival analysis was performed. The present study has summarized some key features and may provide an effective consultation for the diagnosis and treatment of the tumor.
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- Ji-Gang Wang
- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma is an uncommon malignant neoplasm, with only a handful of cases reported in the English literature to date. Synovial sarcomas have also been described at other unusual sites, such as the heart, pleuropulmonary region, kidney, prostate, liver, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, gastrointestinal tract, and peripheral nerve. For synovial sarcomas that arise at these unusual locations, definitive diagnosis is challenging and requires use of ancillary diagnostic procedures, such as immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and molecular genetic techniques, for confirmation of diagnosis. The nonrandom occurrence of t(X;18) has been found consistently in synovial sarcomas. It has also been found as a sole cytogenetic abnormality in some cases, suggesting it as a key molecular event in tumor development. This review highlights salient features of primary cardiac synovial sarcoma and the associated diagnostic challenges.
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- Tanya Varma
- Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
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Yokouchi Y, Hiruta N, Oharaseki T, Ihara F, Oda Y, Ito S, Yamashita H, Ozaki S, Gomi T, Takahashi K. Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma: A case report and literature review. Pathol Int 2010; 61:150-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhao Q, Geha AS, Devries SR, Tshibaka C, Wu SJ, Lavi N, Massad M, Chomka EV. Biatrial Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Heart. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007; 20:197.e1-4. [PMID: 17275707 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Synovial sarcomas that primarily arise from the heart and pericardium are extremely rare, especially the ones involving both sides of the heart. To date, few cases have been reviewed in the literature. Our patient was a 36-year-old man who presented with primary biatrial synovial sarcoma that also involved the tricuspid annulus, heart valves, and interatrial septum. The tumor was debulked to relieve the atrioventricular obstruction. Molecular analysis confirmed the diagnosis of synovial sarcoma with positive t (X;18) SYT-SSX gene fusion. The patient is currently receiving chemotherapy. From our review of the 20 cases thus far reported in the English-language medical literature, the tumor more frequently affects young male patients, and carries a poor prognosis. Early detection is difficult because of the aggressive nature of the tumor. Like other sarcomas, wide surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy. Adjuvant radiation therapy for local recurrence and chemotherapy for control of systemic disease may have some beneficial effect on overall survival, but the benefit is likely limited.
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- Qiong Zhao
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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Provenzano SC, Con R, Jones OD, Grant PW. Synovial Sarcoma of The Heart. Heart Lung Circ 2006; 15:278-9. [PMID: 16600683 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2004] [Revised: 01/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We report a case of synovial sarcoma of the heart in a 14-year-old boy, who presented with signs of mild generalized illness and rapidly progressed to haemodynamic collapse. On operation the tumour was attached to the tricuspid valve, away from the atrioventricular node. He was considered to have incomplete resection due to extensive adhesions to the atrioventricular junction, and was offered chemotherapy. On 18 months follow-up, he was asymptomatic.
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- Sylvio Carvalho Provenzano
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia.
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Tong GX, Goldblum JR, Qiu W, Skacel M, Downs-Kelly E, Contractor S, Levine P. Primary intravascular synovial sarcoma: A disease of young adult women? report of a case diagnosed by aspiration biopsy and review of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol 2006; 34:834-8. [PMID: 17183757 DOI: 10.1002/dc.20574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Intravascular synovial sarcoma (IVSS) is an extremely rare tumor with only four well-documented cases in the English literature. All tumors were located in large veins of the lower extremities or trunk in young women except for one case occurring in a 54-yr-old woman. We report here an additional case of IVSS arising from the superior vena cava in a 32-yr-old woman who presented with a cervical mass and superior vena cava syndrome. A fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed and showed a malignant biphasic tumor with spindle cell and epithelioid components. The tumor cells were negative for CD31, CD34, factor VIII, desmin, smooth muscle actin, and S-100 protein, and had positive staining for vimentin and cytokeratin (AE1/AE3) predominantly in the spindle and epithelial components, respectively. A diagnosis of synovial sarcoma was made and confirmed in a subsequent transvascular biopsy demonstrating chromosomal translocation t(X, 18) by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a dual color, break-apart-style probe for SYT. Although clinically similar to previously reported IVSS, this is the first case arising in large veins of the upper portion of the trunk and diagnosed by FNAB.
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- Guo-Xia Tong
- Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Hazelbag HM, Szuhai K, Tanke HJ, Rosenberg C, Hogendoorn PCW. Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart: a cytogenetic and molecular genetic analysis combining RT-PCR and COBRA-FISH of a case with a complex karyotype. Mod Pathol 2004; 17:1434-9. [PMID: 15494710 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Synovial sarcomas usually occur in the soft tissues of the extremities of adolescents and middle-aged patients, in the vicinity of large joints. We present a patient with a synovial sarcoma of the left atrium and ventricle, which is an extremely rare location. Diagnosis was confirmed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), showing the t(X;18) fusion transcript. With a multicolor COmbined Binary RAtio labeling Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (COBRA-FISH) technique, a complex karyotype evolved with identification of derivative chromosomes with multiplex rearrangements. This underscores the importance of molecular analysis of spindle cell tumors in unusual locations. Moreover, it shows that the presumed diagnostic translocation t(X;18) can be embedded in a sequence of other chromosomal rearrangements of which the function is as yet unknown.
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- Hans Martin Hazelbag
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Koletsa T, Kotoula V, Hytiroglou P, Spanos P, Papadimitriou CS. Synovial sarcoma of the heart. Virchows Arch 2004; 444:477-9. [PMID: 15014989 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-0994-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 02/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adult
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Heart Neoplasms/chemistry
- Heart Neoplasms/genetics
- Heart Neoplasms/pathology
- Heart Neoplasms/therapy
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Male
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/analysis
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sarcoma, Synovial/chemistry
- Sarcoma, Synovial/genetics
- Sarcoma, Synovial/pathology
- Sarcoma, Synovial/therapy
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Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart is a rare tumor, with only six previous cases having been reported in the literature. Treatment has included surgery with or without chemotherapy. We present the first case of a documented synovial sarcoma arising from the pericardium in a 19-year-old man. Molecular analysis for t(X; 18) SYT-SSX gene fusion was positive. Radiation treatment was given postoperatively to the entire heart with a boost to the area where the margins were positive.
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- N Al-Rajhi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Fujioka M, Suehiro S, Shibata T, Kinoshita H, Wakasa K, Haba T. [Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma--a case report]. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY = NIHON KYOBU GEKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 1998; 46:923-7. [PMID: 9796299 DOI: 10.1007/bf03217847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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We report a case of cardiac synovial sarcoma, a very rare primary tumor of the heart. The patient was a 29-year-old man with chief complaint of dyspnea. On echocardiography, a tumor 42 mm in diameter occupying the most space of the left atrium was found. The tumor was obstructed the opening of the mitral valve. He was diagnosed with heart failure due to disturbance of the pulmonary venous return and hemodynamic mitral valve stenosis, and underwent surgery. The tumor was a 5-cm sphere originating in the left atrial posterior wall, and was covered with a sheath and solid. The atrial posterior wall was covered with a peel that appeared to be tumor tissue, and this tissue expanded toward the openings of the pulmonary veins bilaterally and the posterior cusp of the mitral valve. The tumor was resected together with the posterior wall. On pathologic examination, the tumor was diagnosed as a synovial sarcoma. Since no other primary focus was found, this tumor was judged to be a primary sarcoma of the heart. The patient was discharged with elimination of symptoms. The sarcoma recurred after 4 months, and the patient underwent a second operation. The recurrent tumor began from the site of resection of the previous operation and expanded up to the inferior pulmonary veins bilaterally. A wide area of the left atrial wall including the tumor was resected, and he was discharged again. The sarcoma recurred again, and he died of progression of heart failure and aggravation of general conditions after 8 months from the first operation.
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- M Fujioka
- Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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Heart neoplasms are of increasing interest among clinicians and surgeons. A review of primary malignant cardiac tumors, secondary cardiac tumors and carcinoid heart tumors is presented, with special reference to their pathological and surgical aspects. Primary malignant heart tumors represent about 25% of all cardiac tumors, the great majority are sarcomas and the whole family of this group is described including angiosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, neurogenic sarcoma, synovial sarcoma and osteosarcoma; mesothelioma, lymphoma, malignant teratoma and thymoma are also included. Metastatic heart tumors are 20-40 times more common than primary malignancies, their behavior and more relevant aspects in diagnostic and surgical therapy are mentioned. Carcinoid heart tumors represent a distinctive entity and are discussed individually.
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- C Abad
- Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Khoo V, Ngan S, Guiney M, Lim-Joon D. Acute vascular embolus resulting from metastatic endocardial involvement with synovial sarcoma: report of a case and review of the literature. AUSTRALASIAN RADIOLOGY 1997; 41:49-52. [PMID: 9125069 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1997.tb00469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A rare case of metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) involving the endocardium of the left ventricle of the heart is described. A 57-year-old man with a previously resected synovial sarcoma of the anterior abdominal wall presented 5 years later with an acute ischaemic arm resulting from tumour embolus. The treatment and outcome of the patient are outlined. Metastatic STS cardiac involvement and management of this complication are reviewed.
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- V Khoo
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Karn CM, Socinski MA, Fletcher JA, Corson JM, Craighead JE. Cardiac synovial sarcoma with translocation (X;18) associated with asbestos exposure. Cancer 1994; 73:74-8. [PMID: 8275440 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940101)73:1<74::aid-cncr2820730114>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A primary cardiac spindle cell tumor with immunoreactivity for keratin proteins is reported. Cytogenetic analysis of the tumor demonstrated a translocation (X;18), an aberration almost exclusively reported in synovial sarcomas. Postmortem examination revealed amphibole asbestos within the lungs and diaphragmatic pleural plaques indicative of asbestos exposure. These findings raise questions about the possible causation of this tumor.
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- C M Karn
- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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Virágh S, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Poelmann RE, Kálmán F. Early development of quail heart epicardium and associated vascular and glandular structures. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1993; 188:381-93. [PMID: 7506502 DOI: 10.1007/bf00185947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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As in the other vertebrates the epicardium of the quail embryo develops from proepicardial tissue located between the sinus horns and the liver primordium. The cuboidal cells of the coelomic lining above the proepicardium are transformed into mesothelial cells which in cooperation with the underlying mesenchymal cells elaborate a large quantity of extracellular matrix, so producing the villous outgrowths of the proepicardium. The mesenchymal cells of this area are attached to each other with typical desmosomes and have anti-alpha cytokeratin-stained tonofilament bundles. These cells resemble keratinocytes and are designated as proepicardial matrix keratinocytes. The proepicardium proliferates first in the sulci of the U-shaped tubular heart, and within 2 days (between stages 15-25) establishes the visceral layer of the epicardium. The proliferating proepicardium consists of gland-like tubular strands, formed by the invaginations of the surface mesothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, fibroblasts, angioblasts, blood cells and capillaries. Because of its heterogeneous structure and multiple functions, the proepicardium is considered a transitory organ of the developing heart. In the quail embryo the forerunners of the coronary vessels grow from the perihepatic area into the proepicardial organ, and when the epicardial covering is completed, but before the coronary artery orifices open, these primordial vessels form a subepicardial and intramural vascular network in the ventricular myocardium. After the completion of the epicardial covering the proepicardium involutes and is not seem from stage 26 onward.
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- S Virágh
- Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Medical University, Budapest, Hungary
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Critical Commentary. Pathol Res Pract 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(11)81114-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- T Tak
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033
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Golouh R, Vuzevski V, Bracko M, van der Heul RO, Cervek J. Synovial sarcoma: a clinicopathological study of 36 cases. J Surg Oncol 1990; 45:20-8. [PMID: 1696334 DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930450106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Thirty-six cases of synovial sarcoma (13 biphasic and 23 monophasic) were subjected to a clinicopathologic study that included electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. The group consisted of 21 males and 15 females ranging in age from 2 to 63 years. The majority of tumors (27 cases) were found in the hip and lower extremity. Immunohistochemical study revealed that keratin, which was detected in 92% of the biphasic and 57% of the monophasic tumors, was a more sensitive marker of epithelial differentiation than EMA or CEA. The overall 5-year survival of the patients was 64%. Male sex, older age, presence of tumor necrosis, monophasic pattern, and absence of keratin positivity had an unfavourable effect on survival but lacked statistical significance. Survival was significantly lower in patients with tumors exhibiting more than 15 mitoses per 10 HPF (P less than .02) and in those with tumors showing necrosis and a mitotic rate greater than 5 mitoses per 10 HPF (P less than .005).
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- R Golouh
- Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
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Siebenmann R, Jenni R, Makek M, Oelz O, Turina M. Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart treated by heart transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)36993-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lie JT. Synovial sarcoma of the heart arising from a so-called mesothelioma of the atrio-ventricular node. Histopathology 1988. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1988.tb02069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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