Pulmonary artery sarcoma: another cause of sudden death.
A patient hospitalized for recurrent syncope and dyspnea died suddenly before a definite clinical diagnosis could be established. At autopsy a large sarcomatous mass (undifferentiated type) was found to arise and totally occlude the pulmonary trunk without evidence of distant metastasis.
Varriale
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Cabrini Medical Center, Cardiology Division, New York, NY 10003.
Chryssos
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B
D000368:Aged; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology