Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary thromboembolism
Cook, D.J.; Tanser, P.H.; Dobranowski, J.; Tuttle, R.J.
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 4(8): 393-396
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0828-282X PMID: 3228769 Document Number: 314905
A 69-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea had a pericardial window created for fibrinous pericarditis. The patient subsequently developed pulmonary hypertension and a ventilation perfusion scan was compatible with pulmonary thromboembolism. A primary tumour of the pulmonary artery was suggested by angiography, computerized axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Pathology confirmed a spindle cell pulmonary artery sarcoma.