Successful diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma by contrast-enhanced computed tomography.
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor of the cardiovascular system. We reported a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma. In this case, the patient was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis for nearly 1 year and diagnosed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and histopathologic examination at last.
Panfeng
Xu
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. besthalfhalf@hotmail.com
Zheying
Zhang
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Jie
Wang
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Jianying
Zhou
Z
Xiaodong
Teng
T
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D003287:Contrast Media