A giant oropharyngeal synovial sarcoma threatening the supraglottic airway – A case report

Publication date: Available online 11 March 2017
Source:Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences
Author(s): Santosh K. Swain, Alok Das, Mitali Madhumita Rath, Mahesh C. Sahu
Oropharyngeal synovial sarcoma is a rare malignant tumour. It has an aggressive nature and poor prognosis. The treatment of the synovial sarcoma is essentially surgical followed by postoperative chemoradiation. The giant oropharyngeal synovial sarcoma obstructing the airway may create threatening to the patient's airway and challenge to the surgeon. Before treating the patient, safe airway is vital for management of the disease. The appropriate diagnosis and treating the lesion with negative margin can improve the prognosis and survival of the patient. We report a case of oropharyngeal synovial sarcoma obstructing the supraglottic airway in a 29year old man, who undergone tracheostomy for safe airway followed by surgery and chemoradiation.



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