Pulmonary intimal sarcoma: a rare differential diagnosis for arterial filling defects on a chest CT

Acta Radiol Short Rep. 2014 Feb 25;3(2):2047981613514052. doi: 10.1177/2047981613514052. eCollection 2014 Feb.

Abstract

We present a rare case of pulmonary intimal sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism in a 40-year-old woman. Although extremely rare, these tumors must be considered in patients who present inappropriate imaging findings that suggest embolism. Chest computed tomography is the modality of choice to determine the extent of the tumor. We present a female patient with suspected embolism that was in fact found to be an endothelial sarcoma of the pulmonary arteries.

Keywords: CT angiography; Cardiac; thorax; vascular.

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