A Case Report: Cavitary Infarction Caused by Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Patient with Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm

Pulmonary tumor embolism is commonly discovered at autopsy, but is rarely suspected ante-mortem. Microangiopathy is an uncommon and distinct form of simple tumor pulmonary embolism. Here, we present a 52-year-old male with tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary infarction, which might have o...

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Autores principales: Bae, Kyoungkyg, Kwon, Woon-Jung, Choi, Seong Hoon, Lee, Jong Hwa, Cha, Hee Jeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2015
Materias:
Thoracic Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.936
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Sumario:Pulmonary tumor embolism is commonly discovered at autopsy, but is rarely suspected ante-mortem. Microangiopathy is an uncommon and distinct form of simple tumor pulmonary embolism. Here, we present a 52-year-old male with tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary infarction, which might have originated from intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas. Multiple wedge-shaped consolidations were found initially and aggravated with cavitation. These CT features of pulmonary infarction were pathologically confirmed to result from pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy.

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