EFFECTIVE IRRADIATION OF A METASTATIC REGION OF THE LUNG IN A PATIENTWITH EXTRASKELETAL MYXOID CHONDROSARCOMA

Complete obstruction of the right main bronchus occurred in a 76-year- old woman due to pulmonary metastasis from the extraskeletal myxoid ch ondrosarcoma (EMC) which had been detected 5 years earlier. Treatment with Nd-YAG laser and biopsy forceps opened up the lumen of the right main bronchus 90%, and then X-irradiation was given toward the remaini ng tumor. The tumor disappeared almost completely following radiothera py and such a state had lasted for several years until she died of old age at the age of 81.We judged that radiotherapy had been effective f or this tumor. To date, the information concerning the effect of radio therapy on this disease is insufficient.