Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: Report of two cases and a review of the literature |
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Authors: | Uwe Ramp Claus D. Gerharz Stein Iversen Franz Schweden Harald Steppling Helmut E. Gabbert |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany;(3) Department of Radiology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany;(4) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany;(5) Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, W-6500 Mainz, FRG |
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Abstract: | Summary Primary tumours of the pulmonary arteries are rare neoplasms seldom diagnosed during the patient's life time. We report on two cases of pulmonary artery sarcomas diagnosed during life time of the respective patients in intra-operative frozen sections by histopathological examination. Case 1 was of a 55-year-old man with a fibrosarcoma originating from the main pulmonary trunk. Case 2 was of a 43-year-old woman with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma originating from the right pulmonary artery. In both patients a radical tumour resection under cardiopulmonary bypass was attempted. Both patients, however, had a local tumour recurrence and died 18 months (patient 1) and 6 months (patient 2) after surgery. A review of pulmonary artery sarcomas is given. |
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Keywords: | Pulmonary artery sarcoma Histomorphology Clinical aspects |
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