syncope/sarcoma

OBJECTIVE To improve our understanding and facilitate early diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS). METHODS The clinical and radiological features of 9 histopathologically confirmed patients with PAS were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Our PAS cohort consisted of 5 males and 4 females, with

OBJECTIVE To describe a case of acute right ventricular dysfunction and hemodynamic collapse under general anesthesia in a patient undergoing resection of a pulmonary artery sarcoma. METHODS A 67-yr-old woman with a presumptive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism presented to the hospital with

Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare clinical entities with an incidence rate of 0.0001% in collected autopsy series and are regarded as very aggressive tumors. We herein describe a 21-year-old woman presenting with syncope, dyspnea, and abdominal distention. She suffered from massive ascites, plural

We present a 36-year-old man who presented to our emergency department with acute onset shortness of breath and syncope. He was found to have a large left atrial mass on initial computed tomography (CT) which was confirmed by echocardiography. Tumor biopsy and attempted excision were performed,

A 36-year-old man presented with near-syncope. He was found to have massive pericardial effusion with a giant pericardial tumorous lesion. The pericardial effusion exhibited a bloody nature; however, neither malignant cells nor infectious organisms were detected. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics of pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) and to improve doctors' awareness and the early diagnosis of this disease. METHODS The clinical data of 9 cases confirmed by operation and pathology of PAS from November 2001 to November 2012 in Beijing Anzhen

Intravascular leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a very rare condition. It is characterized by the proliferation of benign smooth muscle cells within vascular structures without invasion of these tissues. Symptoms depend on the site of origin and the extent of invasion. Rarely, this neoplasm is located in the

Case of the 47-year-old man, clinically suffering from recurrent dyspnoea, cough, syncopes, haemoptysis, unsuccessfully treated with anticoagulant and fibrinolytic agents, is described. Large masses of a tumour, occupying nearly the whole lumen of pulmonary artery and extending to peripheral

BACKGROUND Systemic mastocytoses are a group of diseases, which are characterized by accumulation and unusual growth of mast cells infiltrating two different organs or types of tissue. Two case reports are introduced. METHODS According to the new WHO classification of 2000, mastocytoses are

OBJECTIVE Combretastatin A4 (CA4) phosphate (CA4P) inhibits microtubule polymerization and is toxic to proliferating endothelial cells in vitro. It causes reversible vascular shutdown in established tumors in vivo, consistent with an antivascular mechanism of action. The present study investigated

Primary cardiac sarcomas constitute a rare entity that have been uniformly associated with poor long-term survival. A case of left atrial leiomyosarcoma involving the interatrial septum and the right atrial free wall and presenting with syncope and atrial fibrillation, is described. Two extensive