Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 20)
From: Presentation and management of pulmonary artery sarcoma
Variables | No. of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
- Male | 11 (55%) |
- Female | 9 (45%) |
Median age (years) | 57 (range 27 – 77) |
- Male | 64 (range 27 – 77) |
- Female | 57 (range 27 – 70) |
Presenting symptoms | |
- Dyspnoea | 20 (100%) |
- Chest pain/tightness | 7 (35%) |
- Dependent oedema | 5 (25%) |
- Constitutional symptoms | 5 (25%) |
- Cough | 3 (15%) |
- Haemoptysis | 3 (15%) |
New York Heart Association functional classification | |
- I | 0 |
- II | 8 (40%) |
- III | 8 (40%) |
- IV | 4 (20%) |
Clinical signs suggestive of pulmonary hypertension | |
- Present | 16 (80%) |
- Absent | 4 (20%) |
Pulmonary artery involvement | |
- Unilateral | 3 (15%) |
- Bilateral | 17 (85%) |
Disease stage | |
- Operable and non-metastatic | 14 (70%) |
- Inoperable and/or metastatic | 6 (30%) |
Histological subtype | |
- Intimal sarcoma | 13 (65%) |
- High-grade sarcoma NOS | 6 (30%) |
- Unable to obtain tissue for diagnosis | 1 (5%) |