Pulmonary artery sarcoma: Case report and review of the literature

Natalia I. Moguillansky; Nupur Verma; Purav Shah; Jacquelyn Knapik; Tan-Lucien Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100857

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2019)

Pulmonary artery sarcoma: Case report and review of the literature

Natalia I. Moguillansky,
Nupur Verma,
Purav Shah,
Jacquelyn Knapik,
Tan-Lucien Mohammed

Affiliations

Natalia I. Moguillansky: University of Florida, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, P.O. Box 100225, JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610-0225, USA; Corresponding author.
Nupur Verma: University of Florida, Department of Radiology College of Medicine, PO Box 100374, Gainesville, Fl, 32610-0374, USA
Purav Shah: University of Florida, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, P.O. Box 100225, JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610-0225, USA
Jacquelyn Knapik: University of Florida, Department of Pathology, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
Tan-Lucien Mohammed: University of Florida, Department of Radiology College of Medicine, PO Box 100374, Gainesville, Fl, 32610-0374, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100857
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27

Abstract

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Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis which can be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. We present a case of a middle age woman who initially diagnosed with presumptive pulmonary embolism that was later found to have pulmonary artery sarcoma. Symptoms, pathology, imaging characteristics and available treatments are discussed. Keywords: Pulmonary artery sarcoma, Pulmonary embolism

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
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