Pulmonary artery sarcoma: Case report and review of the literature

oleh: Natalia I. Moguillansky, Nupur Verma, Purav Shah, Jacquelyn Knapik, Tan-Lucien Mohammed

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2019-01-01

Deskripsi

Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis which can be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. We present a case of a middle age woman who initially diagnosed with presumptive pulmonary embolism that was later found to have pulmonary artery sarcoma. Symptoms, pathology, imaging characteristics and available treatments are discussed. Keywords: Pulmonary artery sarcoma, Pulmonary embolism