Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by gastric cancer

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a fatal cancer-related pulmonary complication with rapidly progressing dyspnea, and occasionally induces sudden death. Here, we describe a postmortem-diagnosed PTTM case caused by gastric cancer, with the complaint of progressing dyspnea for 5 day...

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Main Authors: Hiroko Kuwabara, Shuhei Yoshida, Tasaburo Takasu, Masako Yuki, Isao Goto, Toshiaki Hanafusa, Yuro Shibayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2012;volume=7;issue=3;spage=168;epage=169;aulast=Kuwabara