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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Response of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Response of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma to surgery radiotherapy and chemotherapy a case report Hong-qing Long1 Qin Qin1 and Cong-hua Xie 2 Open Access Address 1 Medical Department of Xianning University Xianning Hubei 437000 PR China and 2Department of Cancer Radio-chemotherapy Zhongnan Hospital and Cancer Center of Wuhan University Donghu Road Wuhan Hubei 430071 PR China Email Hong-qing Long - longhongqing@163.com Qin Qin - luyin12340613@hotmail.com Cong-huaXie - chxie-65@hotmail.com Corresponding author Published 25 June 2008 Received 30 September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 217 doi 10.1186 1752-1947-2-217 Accepted 25 June 2008 This article is available from http www.jmedicalcasereports.com content 2 1 217 2008 Long et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma is a rare disease with no characteristic symptoms. It is difficult to diagnose early and is frequently misdiagnosed as a pulmonary embolism. Case presentation Here we report a case of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma in a 54-year-old woman presenting with complaints of shortness of breath on exertion. Echocardiography and a computed tomography scan showed that the right pulmonary artery trunk was blocked by a low-density mass. The patient was diagnosed with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma by pathology and a complete mass resection was performed. After experiencing 10 months of disease-free survival she was re-admitted because of the recurrence and metastasis of the tumor. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy were performed however only limited success
