A Rare Case of Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma.
Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg
; 30(4): 71-73, 2024 Feb 09.
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and aggressive mesenchymal tumor with an overall poor prognosis1-5. Due to similar clinical and radiologic findings, PAS is often misdiagnosed as a pulmonary embolism (PE) frequently leading to prolonged anticoagulation therapy, which delays the correct diagnosis 1-3. By presenting this clinical case our objective is to emphasize characteristic CT findings that favour a neoplastic origin of a pulmonary intravascular filling defect. PET-CT and MRI have also an important potential role in its diagnosis and therapeutical management.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Pulmao
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Sarcoma
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Neoplasias Vasculares
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
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Neoplasias de Tecido Vascular
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article