A case of fatal tumor embolus following trauma in a patient with undiagnosed Wilms' tumor

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 356-357

  Lambert, A W ^a   Nathan, M ^a   Jones, P L ^a   Huddart, S N ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intravascular extension; Tumor embolus; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; WILMS TUMOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034759757     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200110000-00010     Document Type: Article

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