Death due to a leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-318

  Marchetti, Daniela ^a   La Monaca, Giuseppe ^a   Ranalletta, Dalila ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNCOPE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029802414     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199612000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Shoenfield Y, Avidor I, Liban E, Levy MJ, Pinkhas J. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Respiration 1981;41:208-13.
2. Nakazawa K, Itoh N, Shigematsu H, Kanbayasi T. An autopsy case of pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma. Acta Pathol Jpn 1993;43:76-81.
3. Gonnard P, Donzeau-Gouge P, Toussaint M, et al. Léiomyosarcome primitif de l'artère pulmonaire. A propos d'un cas: revue de la littérature. Ann Cardial Angéiol 1992;41: 383-6.
4. Delany SG, Doyle TC, Bunton RW, Hung NA, Joblin LU, Taylor DR. Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism. Chest 1993;103:1631-3.
5. Case record of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 19. N Engl J Med 1985;312:1242-52.
6. Hynes JK, Smith HC, Holmes DR Jr, Edwards WD, Evans TC, Orszulak TO. Preoperative angiographic diagnosis of primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Circulation 1982;66:672-4.
7. Uruma T, Yagi T, Tanabe N, et al. A case of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma. Nippon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 1993;31:785-9.
8. Esakof DD, Schneider AT, Pandian NG, Schwartz SL, Khurana J, Bojar RM, Daly BD. Delineation of pulmonary artery sarcoma with multiplane and panoramic transesophageal echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1993; 6:619-23.
9. Sato H, Matsuda H, Hatakeyama T, Okada M, Nakamura K. Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma: modern diagnostic imaging methods and successful surgical treatment. J Cardiovasc Surg 1992;33:202-3.
10. Disler L, Manga P. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk. Int J Cardiol 1992;35:412-4.
11. Johansson L, Carlén B. Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: report of four cases with electron microscopic and immunohistochemical examinations, and review of the literature. Virchows Arch 1994;424:214-24.
12. Eng J, Murday AJ. Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:905-6.
13. Tanaka I, Masuda R, Inoue M, Kasahara D, Furuhata Y, Shimizu S, Takemura T. Primary pulmonary-artery sarcoma. Report of a case with complete resection and graft replacement, and review of 47 surgically treated cases reported in the literature. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;42: 64-8.
14. Berney CR, Roche B, Kurt AM, Spiliopoulos A, Megevand R. Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary hilar vessels. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992;40:48-51.
15. Nerlich A, Permanetter W, Ludwig B, Remberger K. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the truncus pulmonalis. Report of a case with typical features and unusual metastases. Pathol Res Pract 1990;186:296-9.
16. Burke AP, Virmani R. Sarcomas of the great vessels. A clinicopathologic study. Cancer 1993;71:1761-73.
17. Wiesner L, Roche BG, Petropoulos P, Hahnloser P. Le léiomyosarcome de la veine saphène interne, à propos d'une observation. Helv Chir Acta 1987;54:131-4.
18. Enzinger FM, Weiss SW. Soft tissue tumors. 2nd ed. St. Louis: CV Mosby, 1988.
19. Hiroshima K, Uruma T, Ishibashi M, Ohwada H, Hayashi Y. A case of primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Acta Pathol Jpn 1992;42:755-9.
20. Ramp U, Gerharz CD, Iversen S, Schweden F, Steppling H, Gabbert HE. Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: report of two cases and a review of the literature. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1992;118:551-6.
21. Yamaguchi A, Ino T, Ide H, Mizuhara A, Kawahito K, Hata E. Primary chondrosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Nippon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1993;41:277-81.