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Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma—A Challenging Diagnosis: A Case Report

Authors :
Maurice Buchalter
Ulrich O. von Oppell
Georgios Zilidis
Georgios Dimitrakakis
Source :
The Heart Surgery Forum. 9:E897-E899
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Carden Jennings Publishing Co., 2006.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a known but rare tumor with poor prognosis. It is a challenging diagnostic dilemma, as the main complaint of these patients is progressive dyspnea. Dyspnea is a common symptom in cardiorespiratory disease and therefore a high index of suspicion is necessary to make the diagnosis early and proceed with surgery and radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. We report a case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that presented initially with weight loss, shortness of breath, palpitations, and dysphagia.

Details

ISSN :
15226662 and 10983511
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Heart Surgery Forum
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ed4233deff54c868a98051257cfaf68f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf98.20061112