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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:2089-2091
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery

Pascal Dumont, MDa, Patrice Diot, MDb, Michel R. Aupart, MDa, Bernard Toumieux, MDa

a Departments of Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Tours, France
b Department of Pneumology, University Hospital, Tours, France

Accepted for publication May 20, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Dumont, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Trousseau, C.H.U., 37044, Tours Cedex, France

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery is an extremely rare tumor that is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic pulmonary embolism. In the present case, early diagnosis and location in the left pulmonary artery permitted resection by pneumonectomy with total cardiopulmonary bypass.




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