Antemortem diagnosis of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy in a patient with recurrent breast cancer: a case report
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM), a rare complication of advanced cancer, is histologically characterized by tumor embolisms and fibrocellular intimal proliferation of small pulmonary arteries and arterioles. PTTM usually has an extremely poor prognosis, and antemortem d...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994171/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27549622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2721-3 |