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Sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk and the main pulmonary arteries
Author(s) -
Huwer Hanno,
Özbek Cem,
Waldmann Rita,
Winning Johannes,
Isringhaus Helmut,
Kalweit Gerhard
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.20962
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary artery , pneumonectomy , sarcoma , pulmonary trunk , trunk , ventricle , surgery , pulmonary valve , radiology , lung , cardiology , pathology , ecology , biology
Abstract We report on a sarcoma of the central pulmonary arteries. Surgical therapy consisted in replacing both main pulmonary arteries and the pulmonary trunk including the pulmonary valve. Six months later a left‐sided pneumonectomy had to be performed due to an intravascular tumor. Fifteen months after first resection treatment, recurrent tumors of the right pulmonary artery and the right ventricle were resected. Two years after the first operation the patient has no detectable tumor. J. Surg. Oncol. 2008;97:476–478. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.