Abstract
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is an uncommon and highly malignant neoplasm that presents a diagnostic challenge to radiologists due to its tendency to mimic the more common condition of pulmonary thromboembolism. Presented in this case report is a patient with pulmonary artery sarcoma who was initially diagnosed with saddle pulmonary embolism based upon computed tomography (CT) findings. The case emphasizes the importance of including pulmonary artery sarcoma in the differential diagnosis of a large filling defect in the pulmonary arteries when specific CT findings are identified in the appropriate clinical setting.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 153-155 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Emergency Radiology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2010 |
Keywords
- Computed tomography
- Multiplanar reconstructions
- Pulmonary artery sarcoma
- Pulmonary thromboembolism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging