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Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

Author(s) -

Maha Shomaf,

Nathir M. Obeidat,

Fatin Al-Fares,

Saleh Najjar

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 2324-7096

DOI - 10.1177/2324709614529416

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , pulmonary artery , left pulmonary artery , radiology , sarcoma , chest pain , presentation (obstetrics) , right pulmonary artery , trunk , surgery , pathology , ecology , biology

Pulmonary artery sarcomas (PAS) are extremely rare sarcomas of uncertain histogenesis that often mimic pulmonary thromboemboli. This is a report of a 60-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent chest pain and cough. The patient was first diagnosed with pulmonary embolism but she did not improve on anticoagulant therapy. Follow-up imaging studies revealed a mass in the left hilar region extending into the pulmonary trunk and branches of the left pulmonary artery. The tru-cut biopsy revealed an undifferentiated sarcoma. The patient died 10 months after her initial presentation.

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