Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma differentiated from pulmonary thromboembolism by ventilation-perfusion scan. Long survival of the patient.

CONCLUSION: We emphasize the difficulties in diagnosing PAS, the need to investigate this neoplasm in the differential diagnosis of PTE, the diagnostic value of different imaging techniques in the identification of the the tumor, and the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in prolonging survival. PMID: 26187220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research