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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery confirmed by catheter suction biopsy
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan. n-yamada@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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|March 14, 1998
Abstract:
A patient with clinical features consistent with pulmonary embolism showed no improvement despite therapy with tissue-plasminogen activator and full-dose heparin. Transvenous catheter suction biopsy was successful in establishing an antemortem histologic diagnosis of primary pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma. Urgent surgical intervention was performed.