5-year survival after multiple repeat metastasectomy for pulmonary artery angiosarcoma

Sameh M Said; Thoralf M Sundt 3rd; Yolanda I Garces; Dennis A Wigle

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.020

5-year survival after multiple repeat metastasectomy for pulmonary artery angiosarcoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Apr;91(4):e49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.020.

Authors

Sameh M Said¹, Thoralf M Sundt 3rd, Yolanda I Garces, Dennis A Wigle

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21440106
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.020

Abstract

Primary pulmonary artery angiosarcomas are rare malignant tumors with few reported survivors. We report a case of a 39-year-old woman without evidence of disease 5 years after initial diagnosis and after multiple metastasectomies and pulmonary artery tumor endarterectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hemangiosarcoma / secondary*
Hemangiosarcoma / surgery*
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pulmonary Artery*
Reoperation
Survival Rate
Survivors
Time Factors
Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*