title: Successful resection of a recurrent leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk.
abstract: We successfully performed a total resection of the pulmonary artery trunk and replaced it with an equine pericardial xenograft roll in a patient with a recurrent leiomyosarcoma. We believe, based on anatomic and embryologic principles, total rather than partial resection of the pulmonary artery trunk should be the treatment of choice for primary leiomyosarcomas of the pulmonary artery.
authors: Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Okada
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Okada
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Yamamoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Mukai
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Tsukube
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Okada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery