The Netherlands journal of medicine
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Review Case Reports
Case report of a patient with an intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk presenting as a pulmonary embolism.
A 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.