Abstract
We report a case of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the mesopharynx that was detected during an examination for lung cancer.
An 85-year-old man visited our hospital because of a tumorous mass in the mesopharynx that was detected during an examination for lung cancer.
The mass was resected under general anesthesia and was diagnosed as undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. The lung cancer was treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery and was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. Because the patient had dementia, we did not administer aggressive additional treatment after the two surgeries. Six months later, multiple brain metastases from the lung cancer were detected, and these were treated under γ-knife surgery. One year after these surgeries, recurrence of the multiple brain metastases was noted. Because of the dementia and recurrence of brain metastases, we decided not to administer further aggressive treatment, and the patient died one year and 5 months after the operations.
