Fibrosarcoma de arteria pulmonar simulando un síndrome de Hughes Stovin / Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking a Hughes Stovin syndrome. Report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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142(11): 1478-1481, nov. 2014. ilus
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is an uncommon entity with high mortality. Its clinical presentation is usually indistinguishable from pulmonary embolism, which leads to a significant delay in diagnosis. Hughes-Stovin syndrome is characterized by venous thrombosis and aneurysms of the pulmonary or bronchial artery. We report a 59 year-old female with a history of recurrent pulmonary embolism. In the last thromboembolic episode a pulmonary artery aneurysm was found on a CT scan. The patient was operated performing a left inferior lobectomy. The patient died five days after surgery and the pathological examination of the surgical piece revealed a pulmonary artery sarcoma.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
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Sarcoma
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Vascular Neoplasms
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Venous Thrombosis
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Aneurysm
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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