Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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PULMONARY ARTERY ANGIOSARCOMA CONFUSED WITH ACUTE PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM: FOCUSING ON CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF TWO CATEGORIES

  • KIM, MI JOO (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • KIM, MIN SU (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • PARK, JAE-HYEONG (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • PARK, KWANG-IN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • LEE, CHOONG-SIK (DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • NA, MYUNG HOON (DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC SURGERY, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • LEE, JAE-HWAN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • CHOI, SI WAN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • JEONG, JIN-OK (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) ;
  • SEONG, IN-WHAN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL)
  • Received : 2014.07.25
  • Accepted : 2015.02.27
  • Published : 2015.03.27
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Abstract

Although pulmonary artery angiosarcoma is rare, it can be misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism because of its similar clinical and diagnostic features. The diagnosis is often delayed and the misdiagnosis brings unnecessary treatment. Because we made a wrong diagnosis of pulmonary artery angiosarcoma as an acute pulmonary embolism, we did thrombolytic therapy which could be dangerous to the patient. In this case report, we focused on the clinical and echocardiographic features of pulmonary artery angiosarcoma which can be used in differentiating the diagnosis from pulmonary embolism.

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