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Primary Fibrosarcoma of the Pulmonary Trunk
Author(s) -
Bailey I. K.,
Rickard K. A.,
Bernstein L.,
Mitchell A. S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1974.tb03239.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary trunk , haemolysis , fibrosarcoma , trunk , hemodynamics , platelet , cardiology , surgery , pathology , pulmonary artery , immunology , biology , ecology
Summary: Fibrosarcoma arising in the pulmonary trunk in a sixty three year old male is described. It produced both major haemodynamic effects and thrombocytopaenia; the latter was probably due to increased local utilisation of platelets at the tumour‐blood interface. In addition there was evidence of haemolysis.