A Rare Case of Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg. 2024 Feb 9;30(4):71-73. doi: 10.48729/pjctvs.369.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and aggressive mesenchymal tumor with an overall poor prognosis1-5. Due to similar clinical and radiologic findings, PAS is often misdiagnosed as a pulmonary embolism (PE) frequently leading to prolonged anticoagulation therapy, which delays the correct diagnosis 1-3. By presenting this clinical case our objective is to emphasize characteristic CT findings that favour a neoplastic origin of a pulmonary intravascular filling defect. PET-CT and MRI have also an important potential role in its diagnosis and therapeutical management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue* / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism* / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma* / diagnosis
  • Vascular Neoplasms* / diagnosis