Intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery: diagnosis, treatment and survival

F Gosalbez; C Gudin; M Miralles; J Naya; J M Valle

Intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery: diagnosis, treatment and survival

Cardiovasc Surg. 1993 Aug;1(4):447-8.

Authors

F Gosalbez¹, C Gudin, M Miralles, J Naya, J M Valle

Affiliation

¹ Nuclear Medicine Service, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

PMID: 8076079

Abstract

A rare case of intimal sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery, diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy and treated by pneumonectomy, is presented. Survival was nearly 4 years and the patient died as the result of attempted resection of a local recurrence. The literature is reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Combined Modality Therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / surgery
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Reoperation
Tunica Intima / pathology*