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Case Reports
. 2009 May;73(5):277-80.

Not pulmonary embolism!

Jafar Abunasser  1 , Jennifer Colucci, Tapas Bandyopadhyay
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  • PMID: 19441762
Case Reports

Not pulmonary embolism!

Jafar Abunasser et al. Conn Med. 2009 May.

Abstract

A 62-year-old asymptomatic woman was found to have a left pulmonary artery filling defect on a contrast computerized tomography scan of the chest. Workup revealed a diagnosis of left pulmonary artery sarcoma. Pulmonary artery sarcomas are rare tumors with poor prognosis. A high index of clinical suspicion is required to make a timely diagnosis and avoid inappropriate treatment for pulmonary embolism.

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