Undifferentiated Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery Mimicking Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease

Levy, Eli; Korach, Amit; Amir, Gail; Milgalter, Eli

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2005.06.009

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“…Primary pulmonary artery undifferentiated sarcoma can present as chronic thromboembolic disease [20]. Lung, breast or renal cell carcinoma are common secondary malignant cardiac tumours with propensity for pulmonary embolism [10].…”

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A 29-year-old male with chest pain and haemoptysis

Young¹,

Mills²,

Henriksen³

et al. 2008

Eur Respir J

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A 29-yr-old African male was admitted with a 1-week history of chest pain, shortness of breath and haemoptysis. He had returned from Africa by plane 2 weeks previously. The patient denied fever, sweats or weight loss. He had no significant past medical history, was not taking any regular medication, and was a lifelong nonsmoker. He lived in the UK and was in full-time education. with a predominance of neutrophils. Chest radiograph was normal. Computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography confirmed the presence of filling defects within branches of the right lower lobe, left lingular and left lower lobe pulmonary arteries, with no radiological evidence of right heart strain. Small nodules of f7 mm were identified in both lungs ( fig. 1). Several small mediastinal nodes were also identified. The patient was anti-coagulated with warfarin for bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism.The patient had further episodes of atypical chest pain and haemoptysis over the following month. He was readmitted with signs of right heart failure and normocytic anaemia. A repeat chest radiograph showed a globular heart with small bilateral pleural effusions.

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A 29-year-old male with chest pain and haemoptysis

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Mills²,

Henriksen³

et al. 2008

Eur Respir J

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“…Both diseases have similar clinical findings, causing severe dyspnea and chronic hypoxemia [2]. Physicians frequently misdiagnose PAS as PE in their physical findings and on conventional CT images [3][4][5]. A few cases have suggested that contrast-enhanced CT can distinguish PAS from PE by visualizing extraluminal tumor extension, expansion of the involved arteries, or a low attenuation-filling defect occupying the entire luminal diameter of the proximal or main pulmonary artery [6][7][8].…”

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Diagnostic usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the differentiation of pulmonary artery sarcoma and pulmonary embolism

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“…Primary pulmonary artery sarcomas are very rare with an incidence of 0.001-0.03% [2]. It usually presents in adults, with median age of presentation of 50 years [3].…”

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“…It usually presents in adults, with median age of presentation of 50 years [3]. One study has reported female predominance [2].…”

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A Rare Case Report - Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

CHUDASAMA¹,

Parmar²,

Desai³

et al. 2016

OMICS J Radiol

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The primary pulmonary artery sarcomas are rarely seen, can imitate pulmonary thromboembolism. The prognosis of patients with pulmonary artery sarcomas is dependent on its early and accurate diagnosis. Placed below is a description of a case of a 51-year-old man presented with dry cough and breathlessness was initially thought to have a Koch's lesion. AKT was given but the patient did not improve. Then on CT pulmonary angiography patient was suspected of having pulmonary embolus or hypo attenuating mass lesion and was given anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin, which was ineffective. CT guided biopsy of an enlarged right hilar nodal mass led to the diagnosis of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma.

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Undifferentiated Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery Mimicking Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease

Cited by 30 publications

References 6 publications

A 29-year-old male with chest pain and haemoptysis

A 29-year-old male with chest pain and haemoptysis

Diagnostic usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the differentiation of pulmonary artery sarcoma and pulmonary embolism

A Rare Case Report - Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

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