Pulmonary Embolism as the Initial Manifestation of Large Cell Lung Cancer: – A Case Report with Review –

Lung cancer is known as a risk factor of pulmonary embolism. We experienced a case of pulmonary embolism combined with pleural effusion and pleuritic chest pain as the initial manifestation of large cell lung cancer, which is a relatively rare cell type of lung cancer in Korea. We report it with a r...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jin Kook, Lee, Sang Moo, Kim, Hyeon Tae, Uh, Sootaek, Chung, Yeontae, Kim, Yong Hoon, Park, Choonsik, Jin, So Young, Lee, Dong Hwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1339079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1992.7.2.143
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Sumario:Lung cancer is known as a risk factor of pulmonary embolism. We experienced a case of pulmonary embolism combined with pleural effusion and pleuritic chest pain as the initial manifestation of large cell lung cancer, which is a relatively rare cell type of lung cancer in Korea. We report it with a review of the literature.

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