Ces radiol. 2012, 66(4):420-423

Synovial sarcoma as a cause of ileofemoral deep venous thrombosisCase report

Michal Dvořák, Alena Štouračová, Jakub Hustý, Marek Mechl

Radiologická klinika LF MU a FN, Brno

Case report deals with a 30-year-old female patient, who was repeatedly admitted to hospital with left sided ileofemoral thrombosis. The patient was scheduled to local farmacological thrombolysis. During the thrombolysis a suspicion of compression of the vessels from outside was expressed. A further examination revealed an extensive soft-tissue non-painful mass on the medial side of the thigh as a cause of the thrombosis, which was not responding to the treatment. The lesion was in close contact with the femoral neurovascular bundle. The histological examination proved biphasic synovial sarcoma. At the time of diagnosis, distant lung metastases were already present. Despite intensive neoadjuvant therapy the disease, especially the lung affection progressed. The patient died six months after the detection of the diagnosis.

Keywords: sarcoma, synovial, thrombosis, mass

Accepted: June 1, 2012; Published: December 1, 2012  Show citation