A Boulder in the Chest

Nicholas J. Shea, MD, MS; Gregg Rosner, MD; Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD; Koji Takeda, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

A Boulder in the Chest

Nicholas J. Shea, MD, MS,
Gregg Rosner, MD,
Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD,
Koji Takeda, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Nicholas J. Shea, MD, MS: Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Gregg Rosner, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Koji Takeda, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Koji Takeda, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, 7GN-735, New York, New York 10032.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1532 – 1535

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A 79-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and cough. Workup revealed a pulmonary artery mass. After undergoing surgery, she was treated with adjuvant immunotherapy for an undifferentiated pulmonary artery sarcoma. Fifteen months after surgery, there was no evidence of recurrence. The case is discussed, imaging presented, and the published reports reviewed. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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