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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery: diagnostic and surgical implications
A Mazzucco1, G B Luciani, P Bertolini
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Primary pulmonary trunk sarcoma is a rare and highly lethal disease. A case of multicentric pulmonary trunk leiomyosarcoma with right and left main pulmonary artery involvement, mimicking massive pulmonary embolism, is described. The importance of a timely diagnosis and of radical surgical excision is discussed.