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primary sarcomas of the pulmonary artery

Wednesday 24 September 2008

Types

- pleomorphic-fascicular sarcomas

  • relatively differentiated spindle cell myxofibrosarcomas
  • undifferentiated round-cell sarcomas
    - osteosarcomas
    - leiomyosarcomas
    - rhabdomyosarcomas
    - intravascular low-grade myofibroblastic sarcomas

References

- Tavora F, Miettinen M, Fanburg-Smith J, Franks TJ, Burke A. Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma: A Histologic and Follow-up Study With Emphasis on a Subset of Low-grade Myofibroblastic Sarcomas With a Good Long-term Follow-up. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Sep 5. PMID: 18779732