Primary angiosarcoma of the pulmonary trunk mimicking pulmonary thromboembolism

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Ji Bak ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^a   Lim, Sang Yup ^a   Roh, Seung Young ^a   Cho, Goo Yeong ^b   Song, Hye Jong ^c   Park, Silvia ^c   Lee, Jeeyun ^c   Kim, Seok Jin ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Echocardiography; Pulmonary artery; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649222708     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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