A case of intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery treated with chemoradiotherapy

Intern Med. 2009;48(4):245-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1560. Epub 2009 Feb 16.

Abstract

We report on a 45-year-old woman with intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery. She presented with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed an intraluminal hypoattenuated area extending from the main pulmonary artery into the right main pulmonary artery and bilateral lobar pulmonary arteries. She underwent resection of the lobulated mass from the pulmonary artery. The tumor was diagnosed as an intimal sarcoma. Although she received chemotherapy with amrubicin and carboplatin when the tumor recurred, the tumor enlarged. After radiotherapy was performed, CT of the chest showed shrinkage of the tumor and the regression of consolidation and ground-glass opacity. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are treatment option for patients with pulmonary artery sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anthracyclines / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Sarcoma / radiotherapy*
  • Tunica Intima / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Vascular Neoplasms / radiotherapy*

Substances

  • Anthracyclines
  • amrubicin
  • Carboplatin