Sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: report of four cases with electron microscopic and immunohistochemical examinations, and review of the literature
| Autor: | L. Johansson, B. Carlén |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Golgi Apparatus Pulmonary Artery Endoplasmic Reticulum Pathology and Forensic Medicine Desmin medicine.artery medicine Humans Vimentin Neoplasm Metastasis Molecular Biology Cell Nucleus business.industry Thoracic cavity Respiratory disease Cell Membrane Mediastinum Sarcoma Cell Biology General Medicine Left pulmonary artery Middle Aged medicine.disease Right pulmonary artery Immunohistochemistry Microscopy Electron medicine.anatomical_structure Pulmonary valve Pulmonary artery Keratins Female business |
| Zdroj: | Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology. 424(2) |
| ISSN: | 0945-6317 |
| Popis: | Herein we report the clinicopathological features of four cases of pulmonary artery sarcoma that appeared at our institution during a period of 30 years. The patients, 2 males and 2 females, were 50–62 years old. Tumour was found in the pulmonary trunk and right pulmonary artery in all cases, in the pulmonary valve and left pulmonary artery in three of the four cases, and in the right ventricular outflow tract in one case. There was direct extension or metastases to the lungs in two cases, the heart in one case, mediastinum or lymph nodes in two cases and the pleura in one case. Ultrastructural examination in one case revealed cells with features of smooth muscle cells and myofibroblasts. Immunohistochemical examination of three cases gave the following results: vimentin and smooth muscle specific actin was positive in all three cases, desmin in one case and cytokeratin in one case. No positivity was found for Factor VIII. This and other studies indicate that histologically most pulmonary artery sarcomas are leiomyosarcomas or “undifferentiated spindle cell sarcomas”. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural examinations favour an origin from myofibroblasts, probably derived from multipotent (undifferentiated) cells in the wall of the vessel. Most lesions show extensive intrathoracic growth although they rarely metastasize outside the thoracic cavity. They have a poor prognosis although some cases are currently being diagnosed during life. |
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