Not pulmonary embolism!
A 62-year-old asymptomatic woman was found to have a left pulmonary artery filling defect on a contrast computerized tomography scan of the chest. Workup revealed a diagnosis of left pulmonary artery sarcoma. Pulmonary artery sarcomas are rare tumors with poor prognosis. A high index of clinical suspicion is required to make a timely diagnosis and avoid inappropriate treatment for pulmonary embolism.
Abunasser
Jafar
J
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT 06032, USA.
Colucci
Jennifer
J
Bandyopadhyay
Tapas
T
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio