Sarcomatoid tumors of the thorax
Sarcomatoid neoplasms involving the chest comprise of a broad group of tumors that occur in the lung, mediastinum, pleura, and chest wall. These tumors have mesenchymal component.
They include:
- primary sarcomatoid tumors of the chest
- usually arising from the chest wall
- Ewing sarcoma of the chest wall
- primitive neuroectodermal tumor of chest wall
- chondrosarcoma of chest wall
- malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall
- osteosarcoma of the chest wall
- synovial sarcoma of the chest wall
- fibrosarcoma of the chest wall
- usually arising in the lung
- others
- pleural synovial sarcoma
- pulmonary artery sarcoma
- pulmonary vein leiomyosarcoma
- usually arising from the chest wall
- metastatic sarcoma to the chest
- metastatic sarcoma to the chest wall
- metastatic sarcoma to the lungs
- metastatic sarcoma to the pleura
Radiographic features
As there is considerable variation in the type of tumors, imaging features are protean and it is not meaningful to discuss specific imaging features.
See also
Siehe auch:
- Tumoren der Thoraxwand
- Pleuro-pulmonales Blastom
- pleomorphic carcinoma of lung
- spindle cell carcinoma of lung
- Ewingsarkom der Brustwand
- sarcomatoid tumours of the lung
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu intrathoracic sarcomas:
