title: Successful diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma by contrast-enhanced computed tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. besthalfhalf@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Panfeng
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheying
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jie
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jianying
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiaodong
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media