Status postpneumonectomy for pulmonary artery sarcoma

2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd..

Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare disease that has a poor survival prognosis due to misdiagnosis with pulmonary thromboembolism or metastatic embolisation, detailed image findings and complicated surgical procedures. Surgical procedures established for treatment include pneumonectomy and pulmonary endarterectomy. Survival after surgery still remains at 1 year survival of 50%. The following case report demonstrates a patient's status postpneumonectomy for pulmonary artery sarcoma that presented with no complications after 1.5-year follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2015

Enthalten in:

BMJ case reports - 2015(2015) vom: 02. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Siordia, Juan A [VerfasserIn]
Garlish, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Truong, Huong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.05.2016

Date Revised 01.02.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bcr-2015-210622

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM250558661