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Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery in a Child
Author(s) -
Garg Ashok,
Mooney John,
Amado Escañuela Maximiliano German,
Mathur Alok,
Goyal Vikram,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12529
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary artery , pulmonary embolism , sarcoma , spindle cell sarcoma , cardiology , radiology , main pulmonary artery , pathology
In this report, we present a case of spindle cell sarcoma of the pulmonary artery diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the youngest reported case of pulmonary artery sarcoma ( PAS ) to date. PAS is frequently confused for pulmonary embolism; in this case, echocardiographic findings allowed for differentiation between pulmonary embolism and solid tumor.