| Literature DB >> 21607843 |
Enrique Leonardo P Ote1, Noboru Oriuchi, Go Miyashita, Bishnuhari Paudyal, Tomohiro Ishikita, Yukiko Arisaka, Tetsuya Higuchi, Junko Hirato, Keigo Endo.
Abstract
We report the case of 58-year-old man with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma. He initially presented with cough, right-sided chest pain, and shortness of breath. Although the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism had been considered, chest radiograph and pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy showed a mass in the right hilum and no perfusion in the right lung. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography (FDGPET) showed increased FDG uptake in the mass obstructing the right pulmonary artery. Fine-needle biopsy revealed a pathological diagnosis of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma. The patient was successfully treated with radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. FDG-PET was used for monitoring the response to therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21607843 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-010-0545-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Radiol ISSN: 1867-1071 Impact factor: 2.374