Obstructing Granuloma in Main Pulmonary Trunk.

Tewari, Prabhat; Dixit, Aanchal; Pande, Shantanu; Agarwal, Surendra Kumar; Tripathi, Shashank; Zahir, Zafirah · Ann Thorac Surg · 2020

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient with main pulmonary artery mass may have severe symptoms and warrants urgent surgical management, whereas in a stable patient with a diagnosis amenable to medical treatment, medical management should be started while monitoring the size of the lesion. We report a case in which the patient experienced severe right heart dysfunction due to obstruction of the main pulmonary artery, diagnosed as a probable thrombus, and the patient was taken for urgent surgical excision, later diagnosed as tuberculoma on histopathologic examination.

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