The diagnostic challenge of pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy as a presentation for metastatic gastric cancer: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare complication of metastatic cancer with a distinct histological appearance which presents with dyspnoea and pulmonary arterial hypertension and leads to death in hours to days. It is a challenging diagnosis to make ante mortem,...

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Autores principales: Ho, Andrew LK., Szulakowsi, Patryk, Mohamid, Waria HS.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26036321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1467-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26036321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1467-7

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