Intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery: diagnosis, treatment and survival.
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.
Gosalbez
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Nuclear Medicine Service, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Gudin
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Miralles
M
M
Naya
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J
Valle
J M
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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*