Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma: A Case Report / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 1036-1039, 1997.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-154252
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.
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Main subject:
Pneumonectomy
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Prognosis
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Pulmonary Artery
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Sarcoma
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Chest Pain
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Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Angioplasty
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Dyspnea
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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