title: Intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery: diagnosis, treatment and survival.
abstract: A rare case of intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery, diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy and treated by pneumonectomy, is presented. Survival was nearly 4 years and the patient died as the result of attempted resection of a local recurrence. The literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gosalbez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gudin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miralles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naya
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*