[Resection and reconstruction of intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery with autologous pericardial roll].
Tumors of the pulmonary artery (PA) are rare and their prognosis is poor. Proper diagnosis is often delayed or made post mortem despite diagnostic advances. Although the only treatment of choice is radical surgical resection, local recurrences are soon recognized after the operation. There is no standard regimen of perioperative additional therapy, and its effectiveness is still unknown. We report a case of an 80-year-old male whose PA was almost completely obstructed by the intimal sarcoma. It was resected and reconstructed with autologous pericardial roll. His postoperative course was uneventful.
Takai
Noriko
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Department of Anesthesiology, Ako City Hospital, Ako, Japan.
Yamamoto
Yoshio
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Kitayama
Hitoshi
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Nakagawa
Tatsushi
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D017539:Tunica Intima; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods