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Pulmonary Artery Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma Mimicking a Large Pulmonary Embolism

Clinical Nuclear Medicine | June 13, 2022 | Volume: 47 | Issue: 12 | Pages: e738-e739

10.1097/rlu.0000000000004306 | PMID 35695721

Abstract A 39-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and lower extremity edema. Doppler ultrasound demonstrated bilateral leg partially occluded venous thromboses. A V/Q scan revealed a mismatched perfusion defect involving the entire right middle and lower lobes. Subsequent CT pulmonary angiogram revealed a mass lesion occluding the right interlobar pulmonary artery. Endobronchial ultrasound–guided fine-needle aspiration of the mass was concerning for neoplasm. 18 F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated marked hypermetabolism of the mass lesion. Patient underwent transmediastinal right pneumonectomy with histopathologic diagnosis of pulmonary artery angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma, a rare etiology mimicking large pulmonary artery embolism.