2012 Volume 26 Issue 6 Pages 625-628
A 32-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow in the left lower lobe. Chest computed tomography showed a smooth nodule shadow in the left S6, approximately 3.7 cm in diameter. The tumor was not diagnosed by transbronchial biopsy. However, it showed FDG accumulation on PET examination. We suspected that this tumor was malignant, so a left lower lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed for complete resection. Pathological examination confirmed a diagnosis of fibrosarcoma. The patient showed no evidence of recurrence after 15 months of follow-up.