title: Pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma successfully treated by right pneumonectomy.
abstract: A 79-year-old woman had a primary tumor of the pulmonary artery, which was initially diagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. Multislice angio-computed tomography showed a solid mass in the right pulmonary artery. Radical resection of the tumor was achieved by right pneumonectomy via a transsternal transpericardial approach. The patient was alive and free of disease 36 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi, Hospital, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna (BO), Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davoli
authors.forename: Jury
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brandolini
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dolci
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sellitri
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D056346:Sternotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*