Pulmonary intimal sarcoma: a rare differential diagnosis for arterial filling defects on a chest CT.
We present a rare case of pulmonary intimal sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism in a 40-year-old woman. Although extremely rare, these tumors must be considered in patients who present inappropriate imaging findings that suggest embolism. Chest computed tomography is the modality of choice to determine the extent of the tumor. We present a female patient with suspected embolism that was in fact found to be an endothelial sarcoma of the pulmonary arteries.
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Departement for Diagnostic, Pediatric and Interventional Radiology, Bern, Switzerland.
Lukas
L
Ebner
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Departement for Diagnostic, Pediatric and Interventional Radiology, Bern, Switzerland.
Adrian
A
Huber
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Departement for Diagnostic, Pediatric and Interventional Radiology, Bern, Switzerland.
Daniel
D
Ott
Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Departement for Diagnostic, Pediatric and Interventional Radiology, Bern, Switzerland.
Andreas
A
Christe
CT angiography; Cardiac; thorax; vascular