Key result
A 68-year-old woman with pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension underwent right pneumonectomy and chemotherapy, surviving for 11 months.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report highlights pulmonary artery sarcoma as a rare differential diagnosis for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary artery sarcoma should remain in the CTEPH differential; this Level 5 case leaves open the need for refined diagnostic algorithms.
AMA Ampatzidou F, Drosos O, Madesis A, Drossos G. Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023;20(2):129-131. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.129538. APA Ampatzidou, F., Drosos, O., Madesis, A., & Drossos, G. (2023). Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 20(2), 129-131. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2023.129538 Chicago Ampatzidou, Fotini, Odysseas Drosos, Athanasios Madesis, and George Drossos. 2023. "Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 20 (2): 129-131. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.129538. Harvard Ampatzidou, F., Drosos, O., Madesis, A., and Drossos, G. (2023). Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 20(2), pp.129-131. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2023.129538 MLA Ampatzidou, Fotini et al. "Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 20, no. 2, 2023, pp. 129-131. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.129538. Vancouver Ampatzidou F, Drosos O, Madesis A, Drossos G. Pulmonary artery sarcoma presenting as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023;20(2):129-131. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.129538.
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Ampatzidou et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Pulmonary artery sarcoma (n=1). Surgical resection and chemotherapy was evaluated on Survival. A 68-year-old woman with pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension underwent right pneumonectomy and chemotherapy, surviving for 11 months.
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