2019Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsOpen access

Pulmonary artery sarcoma: Case report and review of the literature

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Key concepts: Medicine, Malignancy, Pulmonary embolism, Pulmonary artery, Sarcoma, Radiology, Cardiology, Internal medicine

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