Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery: diagnostic and surgical implications.
Primary pulmonary trunk sarcoma is a rare and highly lethal disease. A case of multicentric pulmonary trunk leiomyosarcoma with right and left main pulmonary artery involvement, mimicking massive pulmonary embolism, is described. The importance of a timely diagnosis and of radical surgical excision is discussed.
Mazzucco
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
Luciani
G B
GB
Bertolini
P
P
Faggian
G
G
Morando
G
G
Ghimenton
C
C
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis