Postmortem diagnosis of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy with rapid exacerbation in a patient with gastric cancer: a case report.
Ryo KamidaniKeisuke KumadaHideshi OkadaGenki YoshimuraTomohiro KanayamaHiroyuki TomitaTomotaka MiuraHideaki OiwaYosuke MizunoYuichiro KitagawaRyu YasudaTetsuya FukutaTakahito MiyakeTomoaki DoiTakahiro YoshidaShozo YoshidaAkira HaraShinji OguraPublished in: International journal of emergency medicine (2021)
In patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site and pulmonary hypertension with pulmonary embolism ruled out by CT, emergency physicians and intensivists must consider the possibility of PTTM, which represents an oncologic emergency, and initiate chemotherapy administration as soon as possible.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- public health
- emergency department
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary artery
- healthcare
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- primary care
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- computed tomography
- image quality
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- prostate cancer
- radical prostatectomy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- robot assisted
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- magnetic resonance
- intensive care unit
- chemotherapy induced