Sudden Unexpected Death in a Patient with Tumour Associated Pulmonary Embolism

Tumour embolisms are rare and in most cases sudden causes of death. Diagnosing this rare condition is still very challenging in the daily clinical routine. In this report we present a case of a lethal sudden pulmonary tumour embolism in a 71-year-old male patient, who was admitted for elective invas...

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Autores principales: Laohachewin, D., André, F., Tschaharganeh, D., Katus, H. A., Korosoglou, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/396832
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author Laohachewin, D.
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Katus, H. A.
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description Tumour embolisms are rare and in most cases sudden causes of death. Diagnosing this rare condition is still very challenging in the daily clinical routine. In this report we present a case of a lethal sudden pulmonary tumour embolism in a 71-year-old male patient, who was admitted for elective invasive coronary angiography due to suspected coronary artery disease. The patient had suspected Ormond's disease and no previous history of tumour burden. Possible diagnostic and treatment options are discussed herein and an overview of the current literature is also presented.
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spelling pubmed-42655462014-12-18 Sudden Unexpected Death in a Patient with Tumour Associated Pulmonary Embolism Laohachewin, D. André, F. Tschaharganeh, D. Katus, H. A. Korosoglou, G. Case Rep Med Case Report Tumour embolisms are rare and in most cases sudden causes of death. Diagnosing this rare condition is still very challenging in the daily clinical routine. In this report we present a case of a lethal sudden pulmonary tumour embolism in a 71-year-old male patient, who was admitted for elective invasive coronary angiography due to suspected coronary artery disease. The patient had suspected Ormond's disease and no previous history of tumour burden. Possible diagnostic and treatment options are discussed herein and an overview of the current literature is also presented. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4265546/ /pubmed/25525438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/396832 Text en Copyright © 2014 D. Laohachewin 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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