Primary lung cancer with growth into the lumen of the pulmonary artery.
We describe a 68-year-old man with primary lung cancer, misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism, with growth into the lumen of the pulmonary artery (PA). The tumor was surgically unresectable because of difficulty with the bronchoplasty; however, it was progressing rapidly and obstructing the main PA. We urgently performed a partial resection of this tumor and occluded the left PA ostium with autologous pericardium to avoid spread into the main PA.
Okamoto
Yuki
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
Tsuchiya
Koji
K
Nakajima
Masato
M
Yano
Kiyotaka
K
Kobayashi
Tatsuho
T
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures