Pulmonary artery sarcoma diagnosed using intravascular ultrasound images.
Primary and secondary malignant intravascular tumours of the pulmonary artery occur infrequently and the diagnosis is usually delayed as symptoms and findings from conventional examinations are non-specific. The case is presented of a patient with a pulmonary artery sarcoma, probably arising from ribs resected some years previously, in which intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provided important diagnostic findings.
Division of Cardiology and Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Y
Y
Okano
T
T
Satoh
T
T
Tatewaki
T
T
Kunieda
S
S
Fukuyama
N
N
Miyazaki
Y
Y
Beppu
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*