• Neth J Med · Aug 1999

    Review Case Reports

    Case report of a patient with an intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk presenting as a pulmonary embolism.

    • M C Weijmer, J A Kummer, and L G Thijs.
    • Medical Intensive Care Unit, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Neth J Med. 1999 Aug 1;55(2):80-3.

    AbstractA fatal case of an 89-year-old woman with an intimal sarcoma obstructing the pulmonary trunk and an open foramen ovale is presented. Clinical symptoms, physical examination and further evaluation originally raised suspicion of a pulmonary embolism. Recent classification systems, specific radiological and pathological characteristics of sarcomas of the pulmonary trunk are discussed.

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