Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma: modern diagnostic imaging methods and successful surgical treatment.
Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor. We present a case report in which the presumptive diagnosis was made preoperatively with magnetic resonance imaging, Doppler color flow methods, and computer tomography. Surgical treatment was successful.
Sato
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Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Matsuda
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Hatakeyama
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Okada
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Nakamura
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery