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Initial chest computed tomography showed destructive changes in the left lung and an endobronchial lesion in the left main bronchus. To relieve airway obstruction and obtain diagnostic tissue, a sequential strategy of bronchial artery embolization followed by bronchoscopic electrosurgical snare resection was used. Pathological examination showed a high-grade sarcoma with characteristic malignant osteoid matrix, chondroid differentiation, and numerous multinucleated tumor giant cells. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity for SATB2 and vimentin, with a Ki-67 proliferation index of approximately 30%. Whole-body bone scintigraphy, brain magnetic resonance imaging, and contrast-enhanced abdominal and pelvic computed tomography excluded a primary bone tumor and extrapulmonary metastasis, supporting the diagnosis of PPOS. After the procedure, dyspnea improved, follow-up chest computed tomography showed partial re-expansion of the left lung and disappearance of the left main bronchial lesion, and the patient was referred to a higher-level hospital for radiotherapy. He remained alive at 9-month follow-up after diagnosis. 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