title: Surgical treatment of pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma: a good survival without adjuvant therapy.
abstract: Primary pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor that can be misdiagnosed as acute or chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease. In this report, we present a case of a 58-year-old woman initially diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease, but who was later found to have pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma. A complete mass resection was performed surgically. The definitive pathologic examination was consistent with pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma. Although the patient did not receive adjuvant therapy after the surgery, she had a good outcome and was free of disease 8 months after surgery.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Fatih, Ankara, Turkey. ncolak44@gmail.com
authors: Necmettin
authors: N
authors: Colak
authors: Yunus
authors: Y
authors: Nazli
authors: Mehmet Fatih
authors: MF
authors: Alpay
authors: Hacer
authors: H
authors: Haltas
authors: Omer
authors: O
authors: Cakir
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*