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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Confined to the Left Pulmonary Artery.

Ellery Altshuler, Grant Lowther, Michael Jantz

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ellery AltshulerUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Grant LowtherUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Michael JantzUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
University of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary pulmonary artery sarcomas (PPAS) are extremely rare tumors that are often mislabeled as pulmonary emboli (PE). PPAS usually involve the pulmonary trunk and are histologically classified as leiomyosarcoma, spindle cells sarcoma, fibrous histiocytoma, or undifferentiated sarcoma. Our case involved a 78-year-old man with an undifferentiated PPAS confined to the left pulmonary artery that was initially misdiagnosed as a PE. After a month-long delay in treatment in which the patient was prescribed warfarin, the correct diagnosis was made. Pulmonary artery endarterectomy and left lung pneumonectomy were performed, and he survived for 18 months before disease recurrence and death. Our case helps illustrate some of the clinical and radiographic findings that help distinguish PPAS from PE.

Indexed as

SarcomaVascular NeoplasmsAgedHumansLungMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPulmonary Arterycardiologyhematologyoncologypathologypulmonary artery sarcomapulmonary critical care

Identifiers

PMID33969719
PMCPMC8113362
OpenAlexW3160176160

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