Pulmonary artery sarcoma--a challenging diagnosis: a case report.
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a known but rare tumor with poor prognosis. It is a challenging diagnostic dilemma, as the main complaint of these patients is progressive dyspnea. Dyspnea is a common symptom in cardiorespiratory disease and therefore a high index of suspicion is necessary to make the diagnosis early and proceed with surgery and radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. We report a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that presented initially with weight loss, shortness of breath, palpitations, and dysphagia.
Dimitrakakis
Georgios
G
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. gdimitrakakis@yahoo.com
Zilidis
Georgios
G
Buchalter
Maurice
M
Von Oppell
Ulrich
U
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*