Unusual cause of filling defect in pulmonary artery: pulmonary artery sarcoma
PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.35, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 35
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.41.19563
- Dergi Adı: PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Pulmonary artery (PA) sarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor of pulmonary artery. It is often misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) because of its clinical and imaging features which are quite similar to PTE. Multimodality diagnostic imaging and recognition of specific imaging characteristics with appropriate clinical suspicion are required to make correct diagnosis. In this report, we present a case of PA sarcoma with imaging and clinical features as well as emphasize significance of using multimodality imaging.