Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma: A Case Report.
- Author:
Sung Wan KIM
1
;
Bon Won GOO
;
Sang Hoon JHEON
;
Bong Hyun CHANG
;
Jong Tae LEE
;
Kyu Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sarcoma;
Pulmonary artery
- MeSH:
Angioplasty;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Chest Pain;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Pneumonectomy;
Prognosis;
Pulmonary Artery*;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Sarcoma*;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1997;30(10):1036-1039
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor and commonly misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism. The prognosis of these tumors is very poor. The Median length of survival without surgical resection is approximately 1.5 months, but surgical resection has lengthened survival time to approximately 1 year. We encountered a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma, with a 55 year-old woman whose symptoms were exertional dyspnea, right chest pain, and hemoptysis. A preoperative chest CT scan revealed mass lesion mimicking pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary angioplasty and right pneumonectomy were performed on partial cardiopulmonary bypass. Postoperatively the mass was confirmed as undifferenciated sarcoma histopathologically. The symptoms were somewhat improved, but the patient died of unknown causes about 3 months after surgery.
