title: Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for primary pulmonary artery sarcoma.
abstract: Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma is extremely rare and a lethal tumor. Complete resection of the tumor and following adequate reconstruction is the only hope for cure and prolonged survival. We report a case of successful surgical excision of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma involving pulmonary trunk, pulmonary valve and right ventricular outflow tract wall, which were replaced with prosthetic valved conduit. Postoperative histopathological diagnosis was leiomyosarcoma. The patient is well without any evidence of recurrence at 10 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, 743-33 Yagi, Okubo-cho, Akashi, Hyogo 674-0063, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*