Failure of medical therapy for pulmonary "thromboembolic" disease: beware the unsuspected primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Nov;128(5):763-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.049.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / complications
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / therapy
  • Sarcoma / complications
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / complications
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnosis*