Open AccessPulmonary artery sarcoma successfully treated by right pneumonectomy after definitive diagnosis
Author(s) -
Ryuta Fukai,
Kyu Rokkaku,
Yoshihito Irie,
Takao Imazeki,
Yoshiaki Katada,
Hiroyoshi Watanabe,
Yoshihiko Ueda,
Hideaki Miyamoto,
Masayuki Chida
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-4333
DOI - 10.5306/wjco.v4.i4.102
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , surgery , cardiopulmonary bypass , pulmonary artery , median sternotomy , sarcoma , autopsy , lung , radiology , cardiology , pathology
Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and lethal neoplasm that is usually diagnosed during surgery or autopsy. Early diagnosis and radical surgical resection offer the only chance for survival. However, making a preoperative histopathological diagnosis is quite difficult. We encountered a 57-year-old woman presenting a PAS that mimicked a pulmonary thromboembolism. After confirming a definitive diagnosis using a catheter suction biopsy, we successfully performed a right pneumonectomy via a median sternotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass. Eighteen months after surgery, no recurrence was observed.