Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma: modern diagnostic imaging methods and successful surgical treatment

H Sato; H Matsuda; T Hatakeyama; M Okada; K Nakamura

Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma: modern diagnostic imaging methods and successful surgical treatment

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1992 Mar-Apr;33(2):202-3.

Authors

H Sato¹, H Matsuda, T Hatakeyama, M Okada, K Nakamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 1572879

Abstract

Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor. We present a case report in which the presumptive diagnosis was made preoperatively with magnetic resonance imaging, Doppler color flow methods, and computer tomography. Surgical treatment was successful.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Leiomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
Leiomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Leiomyosarcoma / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery* / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Vascular Diseases / diagnosis
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Diseases / surgery