Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma: difficult differential diagnosis from chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. The disease is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism because of the similar clinical and radiologic findings. We present a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that was misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism, and discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and outcome.
Kondo
Yuka
Y
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Denagakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. yucca@pp25.so-net.ne.jp
Muto
Akihito
A
Nishibe
Toshiya
T
Sato
Masato
M
Ando
Motomi
M
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery