Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy from metastatic epithelioid angiosarcoma

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Demirag, Funda ^a   Cakir, Ebru ^a   Yazuici, Ulku ^a   Tastepe, Irfan ^a  

^a Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy; Topoisomerase II; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GYRASE INHIBITOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84881540110     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.10.08     Document Type: Article

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