Acute pulmonary embolism as the first manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma complicated with tumor thrombi in the inferior vena cava: Surgery or not?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1554-1557

  Lin, Hsuan Hwai ^a   Hsieh, Chung Bao ^a   Chu, Heng Cheng ^a   Chang, Wei Kuo ^a   Chao, You Chen ^a   Hsieh, Tsai Yuan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pulmonary embolism; Tumor Thrombi

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34248677083     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9129-x     Document Type: Article

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