Implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery enables radical resection of a central endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery
2013
In a patient with a huge endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery, we report successful implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery, including the pulmonary arterial trunk. This preoperative measure enabled a safe and radical left-sided pneumonectomy, including the tumor and the central parts of the left pulmonary artery. No major blood loss occurred, and neither use of a heart-lung machine nor cardiopulmonary bypass was necessary.
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