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Metastatic and fatal mitral valve obstruction during pneumonectomy for large pulmonary hemangiopericytoma

Author(s) -

Rui Haddad

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.031

Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , hemangiopericytoma , pneumonectomy , mitral valve , bronchoscopy , cardiology , pulmonary artery , lung , radiology

1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.031 nectomy), he experienced irreversible cardiac arrest. Autopsy showed obstruction of mitral valve by tumor embolus (hemangiopericytoma)coming fromtherightPA(Fig.2AandB). A26-year-oldpatientpresentedwithshortnessofbreathand right thoracic mass (Fig. 1). Bronchoscopy did not show tumor. At operation, after sectioning the pulmonary artery (pneumo-

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