title: [Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Apropos of a case. Review of the literature].
abstract: A 59-year-old woman hospitalised because of dyspnea and a heart murmur in a context of pyrexia was found to have evidence of obstruction of the pulmonary arterial system, clearly defined by ultrasonography, catheterisation and angiography and Imatron scan. The particular feature of this fifth reported case of pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma is its documentation by transesophageal ultrasonography and tumor biopsy during catheterisation. Surgery with partial excision of the tumor was followed by survival for 6 months, bearing in mind the absence of chemo- or radiosensitivity of this type of tumor. Cases from the literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Cardiovasculaires, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gonnard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donzeau-Gouge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabanes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beuzeboc
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Imbert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Touiza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fouchard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guérin
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Léiomyosarcome primitif de l'artère pulmonaire. A propos d'un cas: revue de la littérature.