Microscopic pulmonary neoplastic emboli: Report of a case with respiratory failure but normal imaging

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-117

  Chatkin, Jose Miguel ^a   Fritscher, Leandro Genehr ^a   Fiterman, Jussara ^a   Fritscher, Carlos Cezar ^a   Da Silva, Vinicius Duval ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Breast neoplasm; Neoplastic circulating cells; Pulmonary embolism; Respiratory insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY TUMOR EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 34247890022     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00020     Document Type: Article

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