Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Diagnosed Using an Endovascular Catheter Forceps Biopsy

We herein report a case of pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) in a 64-year-old woman. She was admitted to our hospital because of massive genital bleeding from endometrial cancer. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a left pulmonary artery mass and deep vein thrombosis. She underwent ant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sakai, Ryohei, Ozaki, Kazuyuki, Yamaguchi, Yumi, Kubota, Naoki, Takano, Toshiki, Okubo, Takeshi, Kimura, Shinpei, Hoyano, Makoto, Yanagawa, Takao, Kashimura, Takeshi, Minamino, Tohru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7516327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493854
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4738-20
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Sumario:We herein report a case of pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) in a 64-year-old woman. She was admitted to our hospital because of massive genital bleeding from endometrial cancer. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a left pulmonary artery mass and deep vein thrombosis. She underwent anticoagulant therapy for one year. However, the mass lesion gradually expanded. (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT showed a positive uptake of FDG by the mass. An endovascular catheter biopsy was performed for the differentiation of endometrial cancer metastasis or primary sarcoma. The biopsy specimen tissue comprised spindle-shaped cells. Thus, the patient was diagnosed with PAS.

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