Clin Oncol | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Intimal Mimicking Embolism Lung

Raul Fava Alencar¹, Filadélfia Passos Rodrigues¹, José Aurillo Rocha^2*, Fábio Rocha Fernandes Távora³, Victor S.M.de A. Meireles⁴ and Paulo Henrique da Silva Leao⁴

¹Department of Pulmonology, Messejana Hospital, Brazil
²Department of Oncology, Clinical Pharmacology - Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
³Department of Pathology, Messejana Hospital, Brazil
⁴Messejana Hospital, Brazil

^*Correspondance to: José Aurillo Rocha 

Abstract

The intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery (SIAP) is a rare tumor of mesenchymal origin that primarily affects the large glass. The first report of the disease has been described in autopsy performed by Mandelstamm in 1923. On displays are often nonspecific signs and symptoms, the materials SIAP is commonly diagnosed as TEP, but other diagnoses are recognized as arteritis and pulmonary neoplasia pulmonar.The disease has a poor prognosis even after the intervention surgery, still considered the treatment of choice of treatment, and a few months to years.

Citation:

Alencar RF, Rodrigues FP, Rocha JA, Fernandes Távora FR, de A. Meireles VSM, da Silva Leao PH. Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Intimal Mimicking Embolism Lung. Clin Oncol. 2019; 4: 1575.