Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Intravenous Leiomyosarcoma of the Lower Limb

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is usually caused by thrombosis or tumor. We report the long-term survival of a patient with PE due to a leiomyosarcoma in the deep vein. A 71-year-old woman complained of dyspnea and swelling of the left lower limb. Computed tomography revealed filling defects in the pulmona...

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Autores principales: Kado, Soichiro, Goto, Masahide, Yamao, Hidetsugu, Tsukada, Toru, Sato, Masataka, Uekusa, Yoshifumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321409
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0030-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321409
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0030-17

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