Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy: A clinical analysis of 30 autopsy cases

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1317-1323

  Uruga, Hironori ^a,b,c   Fujii, Takeshi ^a,b   Kurosaki, Atsuko ^a   Hanada, Shigeo ^a   Takaya, Hisashi ^a   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^a   Morokawa, Nasa ^a   Homma, Sakae ^c   Kishi, Kazuma ^a,b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary tumor embolism; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy; Tissue factor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; OSTEOPONTIN; PACLITAXEL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBOPLASTIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES;

EID: 84878969723     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.9472     Document Type: Article

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