A case report of chemo-sensitive intimal pulmonary artery sarcoma

Cell Biochem Biophys. 2014 Jan;68(1):153-7. doi: 10.1007/s12013-013-9681-x.

Abstract

The incidence rate of pulmonary artery sarcoma is very low, but its prognosis is extremely poor. In this case report, after various initial diagnoses at the early stage, pulmonary artery sarcoma was confirmed by surgery. 1 year later, the tumor recurred. After chemotherapy, the patient showed improvement of the subjective complaint of tightness in the chest, and radiological lesion decreased in size. The survival time was extended by 2.5 years. This is the first case report of pulmonary artery sarcoma with such chemo-sensitivity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / surgery
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal