Fatal cor pulmonale caused by pulmonary tumor microembolism in a patient with occult gastric cancer.
Cardiovasc Pathol
; 15(3): 157-60, 2006.
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| ID: mdl-16697930
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A fatal pulmonary tumor microembolism is rarely caused by an occult gastric cancer. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
We report the case of a 40-year-old woman who died after 3 days of progressive dyspnea, cough, and pulmonary hypertension. Postmortem examination demonstrated the presence of an occult diffuse-type gastric carcinoma, which had caused emboli in about 80% of small pulmonary arteries and arterioles. Despite an interatrial defect in the fossa ovalis, no parenchymal metastases were documented.CONCLUSION:
Pulmonary tumor microembolism may be suspected in patients complaining of unexplained progressive dyspnea and who develop acute or subacute cor pulmonale.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Doença Cardiopulmonar
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Carcinoma de Células em Anel de Sinete
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cardiovasc Pathol
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
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PATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália