Pulmonary artery sarcoma: another cause of sudden death |
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| Authors: | P Varriale B Chryssos |
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| Affiliation: | Cabrini Medical Center, Cardiology Division, New York, NY 10003. |
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| Abstract: | A patient hospitalized for recurrent syncope and dyspnea died suddenly before a definite clinical diagnosis could be established. At autopsy a large sarcomatous mass (undifferentiated type) was found to arise and totally occlude the pulmonary trunk without evidence of distant metastasis. |
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| Keywords: | sarcoma sudden death tumor syncope pulmonary angiogram autopsy pulmonary artery |
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