Table 1. Common and uncommon mediastinal sarcomas.
More common mediastinal sarcomas |
Synovial sarcoma |
Well-differentiated liposarcoma |
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma |
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor |
Ewing sarcoma |
Leiomyosarcoma |
SMARCA4-deficient thoracic sarcoma |
Solitary fibrous tumor^ |
Less common mediastinal sarcomas |
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
Clear cell sarcoma |
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma |
Myxoid liposarcoma |
Alveolar soft part sarcoma |
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma |
Epithelioid sarcoma |
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma |
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma |
Extrarenal rhabdoid tumor |
Malignant pecoma |
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma |
Angiosarcoma* |
Chondrosarcoma |
Osteosarcoma |
Chordoma |
Various undifferentiated sarcomas |
^, solitary fibrous tumor is generally not included under the category of “sarcoma” but is included here due to its frequent occurrence and potential for aggressive/malignant behavior. *, the majority of angiosarcomas of the mediastinum have been reported in studies in which cardiac tumors were included, primary mediastinal angiosarcoma not associated with cardiac tissue is exceedingly rare.