Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma detected with a pulmonary infarction.
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.
Ishiguro
Takashi
T
Respiratory Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kasahara
Kazuo
K
Matsumoto
Isao
I
Waseda
Ryuichi
R
Minato
Hiroshi
H
Kimura
Hideharu
H
Katayama
Nobuyuki
N
Yasui
Masahide
M
Ohta
Yasuhiko
Y
Fujimura
Masaki
M
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