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Significance of Clinico-radiological Correlation in a Patient with Pulmonary Intimal Sarcoma Simulating as Pulmonary Thromboembolism

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2022.93446

• Stuti Chandola
• Ekta Dhamija
• Sameer Rastogi
• Deepali Jain

Received Date: 12.01.2022 Accepted Date: 01.04.2022 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2023;32(1):80-82 PMID: 36820487

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Pulmonary intimal sarcoma (PAS) is a highly aggressive malignant mesenchymal tumor affecting the central pulmonary arteries. Similar clinical presentation and indeterminate laboratory parameters often result in misdiagnosis of this condition as pulmonary thromboembolism, which is a relatively common disease. Certain imaging features can however allow differentiation between these two diagnoses. We present one such case of PAS that was initially treated as pulmonary embolism; and briefly review the relevant imaging characteristics to avoid overlooking PAS especially in patients with an atypical clinical history for thromboembolism.

Keywords: Pulmonary intimal sarcoma, CT pulmonary angiography, pulmonary thromboembolism, wall eclipse sign

Ethics

Informed Consent: Obtained from the patient’s attendant.

Peer-review: Externally and internally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: S.R., D.J., Concept: E.D., Design: E.D., Data Collection or Processing: S.C., Analysis or Interpretation: S.C., E.D., Literature Search: S.C., Writing: S.C., E.D., S.R., D.J.

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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