Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism.
Two cases of primary pulmonary sarcoma which were initially diagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism are presented. The clinical and radiologic features of pulmonary sarcoma are reviewed, with special emphasis on the features which distinguish it from thromboembolism.
Delany
S G
SG
Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand.
Doyle
T C
TC
Bunton
R W
RW
Hung
N A
NA
Joblin
L U
LU
Taylor
D R
DR
D000368:Aged; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio