PRIMARY INTIMAL SARCOMA OF PULMONARY VALVE AND TRUNK WITH OSTEOGENIC SARCOMATOUS ELEMENTS - REPORT OF A CASE CONSIDERED TO BE PULMONARY EMBOLUS

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 100  (12) , 649-651
Abstract
A 49 yr old woman had a 6 wk history of increasing shortness of breath and fatigue. X-ray films and pulmonary scans showed multiple areas of emboli, especially in the right lung. Treatment with heparin was unsuccessful, and although a repeat scan showed only slight changes, the patient''s condition deteriorated. Acute pulmonary edema and ventricular tachycardia preceded her death. Autopsy revealed a primary intimal sarcoma with osteogenic elements arising in the posterior leaflet of the pulmonary valve and obstructing the main pulmonary artery and its right branch.