Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery trunk: report of a case complicated with hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade

A al-Robaish; D C Lien; J Slatnik; G K Nguyen

Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery trunk: report of a case complicated with hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade

Can J Cardiol. 1995 Sep;11(8):707-9.

Authors

A al-Robaish¹, D C Lien, J Slatnik, G K Nguyen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton.

PMID: 7671181

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman presented initially with a metastatic spindle-cell sarcoma of the lung of unknown primary. She suddenly died nine months later from hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade caused by partial hemorrhagic necrosis of pulmonary artery trunk sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Cardiac Tamponade / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Leiomyosarcoma / complications
Leiomyosarcoma / pathology
Leiomyosarcoma / secondary*
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
Pericardial Effusion / pathology
Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
Sarcoma / complications
Sarcoma / pathology
Sarcoma / secondary*