Weijmer M C, Kummer J A, Thijs L G
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 1999 Aug;55(2):80-3. doi: 10.1016/s0300-2977(99)00056-x.
A fatal case of an 89-year-old woman with an intimal sarcoma obstructing the pulmonary trunk and an open foramen ovale is presented. Clinical symptoms, physical examination and further evaluation originally raised suspicion of a pulmonary embolism. Recent classification systems, specific radiological and pathological characteristics of sarcomas of the pulmonary trunk are discussed.
