Primary intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism: A case confirmed at medicolegal autopsy.

We present a case of pulmonary artery sarcoma in a 54-year-old male, who was clinically misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient died of disease; however, the actual diagnosis of PAS was made after a medicolegal autopsy. PAS can be a diagnostic challenge for both clinicians and pathologists. In an autopsy case with a clinical suspicion of pulmonary thromboembolism, if there is an abnormal gross appearance in the pulmonary artery, the forensic pathologist should have a high index of suspicion of PAS, which should be ruled out by a histopathologic examination.
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - October 8, 2020 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Rijal R, Mridha AR, Arava SK, Behera C Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research