Subacute pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary tumor microembolism as a clinical manifestation of occult gallbladder adenocarcinoma

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-86

  Ando, Hironobu ^a   Ootake, Yoshiaki ^a   Asaka, Shosaku ^b  

^a TAKATSUKI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occult adenocarcinoma; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary tumor microembolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METASTASIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0031053282     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.61.82     Document Type: Article

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