Pulmonary artery sarcoma: An insidious tumor still diagnosed too late. Analysis of the literature and report of a case

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Coli, Antonella ^a   Parente, P ^a   Bigotti, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary trunk; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247535290     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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