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. 1999 Aug;54(8):748–749. doi: 10.1136/thx.54.8.748

Pulmonary artery sarcoma diagnosed using intravascular ultrasound images

Y Okano 1, T Satoh 1, T Tatewaki 1, T Kunieda 1, S Fukuyama 1, N Miyazaki 1, Y Beppu 1
PMCID: PMC1745537  PMID: 10413731

Abstract

Primary and secondary malignant intravascular tumours of the pulmonary artery occur infrequently and the diagnosis is usually delayed as symptoms and findings from conventional examinations are non-specific. The case is presented of a patient with a pulmonary artery sarcoma, probably arising from ribs resected some years previously, in which intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provided important diagnostic findings.



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