Delineation of pulmonary artery sarcoma with multiplane and panoramic transesophageal echocardiography.
A 38-year-old woman came for treatment with massive hemoptysis. A hilar density was observed on a chest radiograph. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated an intravascular pulmonary arterial mass that was studied in further detail with multiplane and panoramic transesophageal echocardiography. Surgical resection proved the mass to be a sarcoma arising from the main pulmonary artery. This case report demonstrates the utility of multiplane and panoramic transesophageal echocardiography in the study of intravascular tumors of the thorax.
Esakof
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Cardiovascular Imaging and Hemodynamic Laboratory, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.
Schneider
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Pandian
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Schwartz
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Khurana
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Bojar
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Daly
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D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery