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Pulmonary angiosarcoma: A case report of surgical treatment
Author(s) -
Edemskiy Alexander,
Vasiltseva Oksana,
Kliver Elena,
Novikova Natalya,
Kliver Evgenii,
Kalybekova Aizada,
Ruzmatov Timur,
Ivanov Sergey,
Chernyavskiy Alexander
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15835
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , pulmonary hypertension , etiology , pulmonary embolism , lung , radiology , cardiology
Pulmonary angiosarcoma (PAS) is a malignant tumor of the vascular wall of mesenchymal origin. PAS is rare and has unknown etiology and poor prognosis. Depending on the location, angiosarcoma can lead to serious obstructive and embolic complications, as well as severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular heart failure. Patients with PAS are often mistakenly diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, or lung tumors. Here, we present a clinical case of combined treatment of PAS.