Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary thromboembolism.
A 69-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea had a pericardial window created for fibrinous pericarditis. The patient subsequently developed pulmonary hypertension and a ventilation perfusion scan was compatible with pulmonary thromboembolism. A primary tumour of the pulmonary artery was suggested by angiography, computerized axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Pathology confirmed a spindle cell pulmonary artery sarcoma.
Cook
D J
DJ
Department of Medicine, St Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario.
Tanser
P H
PH
Dobranowski
J
J
Tuttle
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed