Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme

Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer.

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Autores principales: Firstenberg, Michael S., Blais, Danielle, Abel, Erik, Newton, Herbert B., Crestanello, Juan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028
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author Firstenberg, Michael S.
Blais, Danielle
Abel, Erik
Newton, Herbert B.
Crestanello, Juan
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Crestanello, Juan
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description Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer.
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spelling pubmed-30148522011-01-05 Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme Firstenberg, Michael S. Blais, Danielle Abel, Erik Newton, Herbert B. Crestanello, Juan Case Rep Med Case Report Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3014852/ /pubmed/21209739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028 Text en Copyright © 2010 Michael S. Firstenberg et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Firstenberg, Michael S.
Blais, Danielle
Abel, Erik
Newton, Herbert B.
Crestanello, Juan
Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_full Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_fullStr Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_full_unstemmed Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_short Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
title_sort emergent pulmonary embolectomy and advanced glioblastoma multiforme
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028
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