Left atrial extension of metastatic lung tumor via pulmonary vein: report on the first case of Ewing sarcoma

Extension of metastatic lung tumors into the left atrium via pulmonary veins is rare. Here, we report the first case of Ewing sarcoma exhibiting such extension. A 31-year-old man with pulmonary metastasis from Ewing sarcoma presented with a mass in the left lung, extending to the left atrium through...

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Autores principales: Funakoshi, Yohei, Mukohara, Toru, Kataoka, Tomoko, Tomioka, Hideo, Chayahara, Naoko, Fujiwara, Yutaka, Kiyota, Naomi, Shirasaka, Tomonori, Oka, Takanori, Okada, Kenji, Okita, Yutaka, Hara, Shigeo, Itoh, Tomoo, Fumita, Soichi, Nakagawa, Kazuhiko, Minami, Hironobu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PagePress 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139968
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e53
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Sumario:Extension of metastatic lung tumors into the left atrium via pulmonary veins is rare. Here, we report the first case of Ewing sarcoma exhibiting such extension. A 31-year-old man with pulmonary metastasis from Ewing sarcoma presented with a mass in the left lung, extending to the left atrium through the left inferior pulmonary vein. As the patient was considered to be at risk of tumor embolism, the mass was excised surgically.

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