Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma - Multimodality Imaging

Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and fatal disease. PAS can often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. Moreover, the correct diagnosis is frequently delayed due to nonspecific signs and symptoms. The prognosis of patients with PAS is poor. We report a case of a woman with a primary...

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Autores principales: Jeong, Nari, Seol, Sang-Hoon, Kim, Il Hwan, Kim, Ji Yeon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833785
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.192841
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author Jeong, Nari
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description Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and fatal disease. PAS can often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. Moreover, the correct diagnosis is frequently delayed due to nonspecific signs and symptoms. The prognosis of patients with PAS is poor. We report a case of a woman with a primary PAS who was initially diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism.
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spelling pubmed-50938942016-11-10 Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma - Multimodality Imaging Jeong, Nari Seol, Sang-Hoon Kim, Il Hwan Kim, Ji Yeon J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is a rare and fatal disease. PAS can often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. Moreover, the correct diagnosis is frequently delayed due to nonspecific signs and symptoms. The prognosis of patients with PAS is poor. We report a case of a woman with a primary PAS who was initially diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5093894/ /pubmed/27833785 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.192841 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Clinical Imaging Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma - Multimodality Imaging
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title_short Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma - Multimodality Imaging
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833785
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.192841
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