• Tex Heart Inst J · Jan 2011

    Case Reports

    Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma extending retrograde into the superior vena cava.

    • José Portillo-Sanchez, Yasser Hessein-Abdou, Eugenio Puga-Alcalde, Maria Angeles Perez-Martinez, Maria Del Carmen Jimenez-Meneses, Agustín Camacho-Pedrero, and Luís Ruíz Valdepeñas-Herrero.
    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Ciudad Real, 10034 Ciudad Real, Spain.
    • Tex Heart Inst J. 2011 Jan 1;38(1):77-80.

    AbstractPrimary pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor that is highly fatal. It can be misdiagnosed as acute or chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease. Herein, we report the case of a 22-year-old woman with a preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and superior vena caval thrombosis. Intraoperatively, an extensive sarcoma was seen to extend retrograde from the pulmonary artery, past the right ventricle and right atrium, and into the superior vena cava. Surgical resection of the tumor and reconstruction of the central pulmonary arteries, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, relieved the clinical symptoms. The patient remained free of cancer at 14 months postoperatively. We believe that this is the 1st report of a primary pulmonary artery sarcoma that extended retrograde into the superior vena cava.

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