Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy resulting from metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Sakashita, Naomi ^a   Yokose, Chiharu ^a   Fujii, Kazuhiko ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ohnishi, Koji ^a   Takeya, Motohiro ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM); Serotonin receptor type 2A (5 HT2A); Signet ring cell carcinoma; Subacute respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CELL; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MICROTHROMBUS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34249817609     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02111.x     Document Type: Article

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