Pulmonary artery sarcoma can cause pulmonary hypertension and is characterized by a contrast defect filling the main pulmonary artery lumen on CT imaging.
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography can identify characteristic contrast defects to diagnose rare pulmonary artery sarcomas in patients presenting with pulmonary hypertension.
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Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare disease that has been frequently misdiagnosed. A 77-year-old woman presented with palpitations and was found to have pulmonary hypertension. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a characteristic contrast defect occupying the entire lumen of the main pulmonary artery, leading to a diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma.
Sato et al. (Sun,) reported a other. Pulmonary artery sarcoma can cause pulmonary hypertension and is characterized by a contrast defect filling the main pulmonary artery lumen on CT imaging.