Rare histological subtype of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma diagnosed by multidisciplinary approach

Abstract

Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma (PAS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor mostly diagnosed in middle-aged women. In a 63-year-old female, the radiological findings showed cavitation in the left upper lobe of the lung and infiltrative tumor mass around the left pulmonary artery. PAS consisted of small, round tumor cells with about 80% of mitotic activity and with myxoid background and specific immunoprofile and diagnosed as undifferentiated sarcoma with round cell features type. The final diagnosis of PAS was established according to the pathohistological, chest computed tomography scan, and surgery finding.

Keywords

• Artery thrombosis
• pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma
• pulmonary infarction
• thromboembolism