Recurrent pulmonary intimal sarcoma involving the right ventricular outflow tract

Dipesh K Shah; Lyle D Joyce; Martha Grogan; Marie Christine Aubry; John A Miller; Wei Ding; Michael G Haddock

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.070

Recurrent pulmonary intimal sarcoma involving the right ventricular outflow tract

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Mar;91(3):e41-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.070.

Authors

Dipesh K Shah¹, Lyle D Joyce, Martha Grogan, Marie Christine Aubry, John A Miller, Wei Ding, Michael G Haddock

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 21352968
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.070

Abstract

Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery is commonly misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary embolism. Rarely, it can involve the right ventricular outflow tract and the pulmonary valve. We report a patient who was treated surgically for an intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery involving the right ventricular outflow tract and the pulmonary valve. The sarcoma recurred in about 8 weeks. It responded favorably to chemoradiation therapy and shows some signs of regression.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
Humans
Male
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local*
Pulmonary Artery*
Pulmonary Valve / pathology*
Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Sarcoma / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / pathology