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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;57:222-225
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery: Diagnostic and surgical implications

Alessandro Mazzucco, MD, Giovanni Battista Luciani, MD*, Paolo Bertolini, MD, Giuseppe Faggian, MD, Giorgio Morando, MD, Claudio Ghimenton, MD

Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, and Pathology, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy

Accepted for publication April 19, 1993.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Luciani, Department of Cardiovasc0ular Surgery, University of Verona, O. C. M. Piazzale Stefani 1, Verona, 37126 Italy.

Primary pulmonary trunk sarcoma is a rare and highly lethal disease. A case of multicentric pulmonary trunk leiomyosarcoma with right and left main pulmonary artery involvement, mimicking massive pulmonary embolism, is described. The importance of a timely diagnosis and of radical surgical excision is discussed.




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