Multimodality management of primary diaphragmatic synovial sarcoma: First report

Preyas J Vaidya, Anil Heroor, Sitaram Prasad, Rajat Bhargava, Nanadan Arulvannan, Jay Mehta, Boman N Dhabhar, Prashant N Chhajed

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2016 12(2):1098-1101

Synovial cell sarcoma is an extremely rare tumor of mesenchymal origin. It commonly affects the soft tissues of the extremities but could possibly origin from the head and neck, heart, lung, pleura, mediastinum, esophagus, abdominal wall and the mesentery, and retroperitoneum. Primary synovial sarcoma of pleura, mediastinum, and lung have been reported. Primary synovial sarcoma of the diaphragm has not been reported to the best of our knowledge. We report a case of primary synovial cell sarcoma of the diaphragm presenting as a recurrent pleural effusion and pain in the left hypochondrium managed with multimodality approach.

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