Key result
Autopsy reveals pulmonary artery sarcoma misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism in a fatal clinical case.
Why the study?
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare disease often indistinguishable from pulmonary thromboembolism, leading to frequent misdiagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Pulmonary artery sarcoma can mimic pulmonary thromboembolism and requires a high index of suspicion and histopathologic examination for accurate diagnosis at autopsy.
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Pulmonary artery sarcoma warrants consideration in atypical thromboembolism; leaves open validation of antemortem imaging criteria.
Rijal et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Pulmonary artery sarcoma (n=1). Medicolegal autopsy was evaluated on Diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma. A 54-year-old male clinically misdiagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism was confirmed to have pulmonary artery sarcoma following a medicolegal autopsy.
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