Pulmonary haemangiosarcoma with main pulmonary artery thrombosis imitating subacute pulmonary embolism with infarction.
We report a patient with subacute pulmonary hypertension caused by unilateral massive pulmonary artery thrombosis due to a pulmonary haemangiosarcoma of the lower lobe with pulmonary arterial and bronchial invasion. The patient was misdiagnosed as having subacute pulmonary embolism and underwent thrombolytic therapy complicated by severe pulmonary haemorrhage. The imaging features of pulmonary artery thrombosis with underlying malignancy and their differential diagnosis are discussed.
Engelke
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Department of Radiology, Klinikum der TU München, Ismaningerstr 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Riedel
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Rummeny
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Marten
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed