Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by a gastric carcinoma expressing vascular endothelial growth factor and tissue factor

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Chinen, Katsuya ^a,c   Kazumoto, Tomoko ^a   Ohkura, Yasuo ^a   Matsubara, Osamu ^b   Tsuchiya, Eiju ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy; Tissue factor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY TUMOR THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 14244253346     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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