Successful resection of a recurrent leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk.
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.
Okada
K
K
Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Okada
M
M
Yamamoto
S
S
Mukai
T
T
Tsukube
T
T
Matsuda
H
H
Okada
M
M
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