Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by lung adenocarcinoma: Case report with review of the literature

Oncology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-437

  Hotta, Machiko ^a   Ishida, Mitsuaki ^a   Kojima, Fumiyoshi ^a   Iwai, Yasuhiro ^b   Okabe, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Takatsuki   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Osteopontin; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; OSTEOPONTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY TUMOR THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY; REVIEW; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 79953277033     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2011.270     Document Type: Review

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