Key result
Pulmonary artery sarcoma frequently mimics pulmonary thromboembolism despite carryng a poor clinical prognosis.
Why the study?
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis that can be misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism.
Population
A middle age woman with pulmonary artery sarcoma initially misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism
Design
Case report
Authors
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May prompt sarcoma consideration in refractory pulmonary thromboembolism; leaves open validation of diagnostic criteria.
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare malignancy that can mimic pulmonary thromboembolism, requiring careful differential diagnosis.
Moguillansky et al. (2019) studied this question. Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare, poor-prognosis malignancy that can be clinically misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism.
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