title: Vascular Leiomyoma of the Pulmonary Artery.
abstract: Leiomyoma of the pulmonary artery represents a curiosity in the literature. We describe a case of a 54-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent cough of a few weeks' duration. Computed tomography of the thorax located a smooth, limited tumor in the left thorax near the interlobar space. Thoracoscopic exploration showed a tumor mass, fused with the pulmonary artery. After anterolateral thoracotomy, a complete resection of the tumor was performed. The histopathologic examination showed the presence of a vascular leiomyoma of the tunica media of the pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Center for Thoracic Surgery Munich, Asklepios Medical Center Munich-Gauting and University Medical Center, Clinic of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: laura.klotz@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: Laura V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Asklepios Medical Center Munich-Gauting, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morresi-Hauf
authors.affiliation: Center for Thoracic Surgery Munich, Asklepios Medical Center Munich-Gauting and University Medical Center, Clinic of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Rudolf A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hatz
authors.affiliation: Center for Thoracic Surgery Munich, Asklepios Medical Center Munich-Gauting and University Medical Center, Clinic of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindner
mesh_terms: D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*