Case Report
Angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery mimicking pulmonary thromboembolism
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 25, No 1 | a2150 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2150
| © 2021 Sitang Nirattisaikul, Arunee Dechaphunkul, Keerati Hongsakul
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 16 March 2021 | Published: 10 August 2021
Submitted: 16 March 2021 | Published: 10 August 2021
About the author(s)
Sitang Nirattisaikul, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, ThailandArunee Dechaphunkul, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
Keerati Hongsakul, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
Abstract
Primary pulmonary angiosarcomas (PPAs) are rare, and often, their diagnosis is delayed because of insidious clinical symptoms and imaging findings mimicking pulmonary thromboembolism (PE). A 33-year-old female patient presented with chest pain and progressive dyspnoea. Her initial diagnosis, based on clinical symptoms and CT pulmonary angiography (PA) findings, was PE. However, after treatment with anticoagulants, the patient failed to improve. A follow-up CTPA and further CT-guided biopsy results were compatible with angiosarcoma.
Keywords
angiosarcoma; pulmonary thromboembolism; CT pulmonary angiography; pulmonary sarcoma; pulmonary artery
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