Pulmonary artery tumor embolism in a patient with previous fibroblastic osteosarcoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 48-year-old man was referred for left pulmonary metastasis and a left pulmonary artery embolus. The patient had T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and fibroblastic osteosarcoma. A left pneumonectomy was performed successfully and the histologic report concluded that an embolic deposit of osteosarcoma was present. Pulmonary artery tumor embolism is a rare presentation in patients with previous fibroblastic osteosarcoma. It is important to suspect this diagnosis in a patient with cancer who presents with a pulmonary artery embolus.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
- Lung Neoplasms
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
- Osteosarcoma
- Pulmonary Embolism