Late recurrence of cardiac sarcoma presenting as giant pulmonary artery aneurysm.
We report the case of a 46-year-old woman who had undergone cardiac transplantation for a malignant, right ventricular sarcoma. Five years later, she experienced pulmonary hypertension and a pulmonary artery aneurysm. Medical management of the pulmonary hypertension being unsuccessful, she underwent surgical exploration of the pulmonary artery aneurysm and bilateral pulmonary endarterectomy. Intra-operative findings revealed pulmonary artery sarcoma and an unresectable pulmonary artery aneurysm.
Myruski
Kimberly S
KS
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.
Manecke
Gerard R
GR
Kotzur
Andreas
A
Wahrenbrock
Eric A
EA
Jamieson
Stuart W
SW
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*