title: Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma detected with a pulmonary infarction.
abstract: Primary malignant tumors of the pulmonary arteries occur infrequently. The clinical presentation and diagnostic imaging features of the tumor are usually nonspecific and correct diagnosis is often delayed. In this report, we present a case of pulmonary artery sarcoma. MRI and PET-CT were found to be useful for differentiating the tumor from a thromboembolism.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waseda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology