[A man with persisting dyspnea]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2013;157(3):A5158.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 67-year-old male was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and treated with anticoagulants. Half a year later CT of the chest showed growth of the embolism and that pleural fluid and pleural noduli had appeared. A 18FDG-PET-CT showed uptake in these abnormalities and in several bones. Bone biopsy showed a leiomyosarcoma. The patient was diagnosed with metastasized pulmonary artery sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pleural Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery