Vascular Leiomyoma of the Pulmonary Artery Laura V. Klotz, MD, Alicia Morresi-Hauf, MD, Rudolf A. Hatz, MD, Michael Lindner, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 342-344 (January 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.113 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomography of the thorax with a tumor mass located in the left thoracic cavity with contact to the lung parenchyma and questionable infiltration into the pulmonary artery (white arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 342-344DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.113) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative situation after anterolateral thoracotomy: broad-based tumor mass on the pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 342-344DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.113) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Macroscopic presentation of the surgical specimen: tumor mass with the lumen of an artery vessel. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 342-344DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.113) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 (A) Spindle-shaped tumor with round-oval nuclei, hematoxylin and eosin staining (original magnification 250×). (B) Tumor cells arranged in nested bundles, elastic-van Gieson staining (original magnification 100×). (C) Tumor tissue in the vessel wall of the pulmonary artery, elastic-van Gieson staining (original magnification 10×). (D) Immunohistochemical positive reaction of the tumor cells with the antibody to actin (original magnification 100×). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 342-344DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.113) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions