Metastatic breast carcinoma presenting as a large pulmonary embolus: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-91

  Geschwind, Jean Francois H ^a   Dagli, Mandeep S ^a   Vogel Claussen, Jens ^a   Seifter, Eric ^a   Huncharek, Michael S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endovascular biopsy; Metastases; Pulmonary embolus; Tumor embolus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HEPARIN; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; TAMOXIFEN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0037318913     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200302000-00017     Document Type: Article

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