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We herein present an exceedingly rare case of pleural osteosarcoma that was surgically resected in an elderly patient. A 74-year-old man, complaining of a dry cough and breathlessness on effort, was found to have massive pleural effusion on a chest X-ray. The chest CT and MRI scans indicated a massive effusion and a pleural tumor encasing the left lower lung. The resected tumor was histologically an osteosarcoma, measuring 11.3 × 9.0 × 6.0 cm. Because there was no evidence of any other primary tumor, the diagnosis of extraskeletal osteosarcoma was appropriate.
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Matono, R., Maruyama, R., Ide, S. et al. Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the pleura: a case report. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 56, 180–182 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-007-0216-5
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