Microscopic pulmonary tumoral embolism and subacute cor pulmonale as the first clinical signs of cancer

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1116-1118

  Montero, Abelardo ^a,b   Vidaller, Antonio ^a   Mitjavila, Francesca ^a   Chivite, David ^a   Pujol, Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b 68 Ent 1a   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COR PULMONALE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

EID: 0033427467     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432464     Document Type: Article

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