title: Implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery enables radical resection of a central endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery.
abstract: In a patient with a huge endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery, we report successful implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery, including the pulmonary arterial trunk. This preoperative measure enabled a safe and radical left-sided pneumonectomy, including the tumor and the central parts of the left pulmonary artery. No major blood loss occurred, and neither use of a heart-lung machine nor cardiopulmonary bypass was necessary.
authors: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hospital of Liestal, University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland.
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Kissling
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Brosi
authors: Christof
authors: C
authors: Kull
authors: Damien
authors: D
authors: Toia
authors: Christoph Andreas
authors: CA
authors: Maurer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*