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Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma—A Challenging Diagnosis: A Case Report
- Source :
- The Heart Surgery Forum. 9:E897-E899
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Carden Jennings Publishing Co., 2006.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
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Chemotherapy
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Sarcoma
Disease
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery
medicine.disease
Dysphagia
Vascular Neoplasms
Radiation therapy
Weight loss
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Pulmonary artery
medicine
Palpitations
Humans
Surgery
Radiology
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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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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