Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by an ovarian cancer expressing tissue factor and vascular endothelial growth factor

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Chinen, Katsuya ^a   Fujino, Takashi ^a   Horita, Ayako ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiko ^a   Fujioka, Yasunori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ovarian cancer; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy; Sudden death; Tissue factor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CANCER RELAPSE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAPANESE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROANGIOPATHY; NAUSEA; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY TUMOR THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY; SUDDEN DEATH; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOPLASTIN; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 57249089074     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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