Acute aortic occlusion due to tumor embolism in a patient with lung malignancy
Objectives: Acute lower limb ischemia caused by tumor embolization is rare, despite the fact that cancer is a common cause of hypercoagulability predisposing to venous thrombosis. Arterial embolization is mostly associated with intracardiac tumors while lung malignancies are the second most common c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-07-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17720627 |