title: Cor pulmonale due to embolization of metastatic chondrosarcoma.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman with acute dyspnea was found to have nodular shadows in a chest X-ray film. Multiple defects in a perfusion scan indicated pulmonary embolization. The cause of acute cor pulmonale was extensive metastatic embolization from chondrosarcoma of the calf. Embolization by metastasis as a rare occurrence resulting in acute cor pulmonale should be considered in patients with a malignant tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamiya
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kozuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology*