TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma
T2 - Difficult Differential Diagnosis from Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism
AU - Kondo, Yuka
AU - Muto, Akihito
AU - Nishibe, Toshiya
AU - Sato, Masato
AU - Ando, Motomi
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. The disease is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism because of the similar clinical and radiologic findings. We present a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that was misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism, and discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and outcome.
AB - Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. The disease is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism because of the similar clinical and radiologic findings. We present a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that was misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary thromboembolism, and discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and outcome.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.08.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 17628267
AN - SCOPUS:34447098271
SN - 0890-5096
VL - 21
SP - 505
EP - 507
JO - Annals of Vascular Surgery
JF - Annals of Vascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -