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1772672

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
Primary sarcomas of the pulmonary arteries are rare, and the diagnosis is in the majority of the reported cases established postmortem. Surgical resection of these centrally located tumors has been performed either by pneumonectomy and/or local tumor resection. We report on two patients with sarcomas of the central pulmonary arteries who underwent successful resection of the tumor and prosthetic replacement of the arteries under cardiopulmonary bypass. One patient required additional thromboendarterectomy of the right pulmonary artery branches because of secondary thrombus formation. As primary pulmonary artery sarcomas are refractory to both chemotherapy and radiation, surgical resection remains the only means of treatment. The prognosis depends entirely upon resectability, which, if necessary, should be performed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. In this way, lung resection may be avoided.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1010-7940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
603-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Resection of central primary pulmonary artery sarcoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Clinic of Mainz, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports