Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism as presenting symptom of renal tumors
| Autor: | R M Egeler, W. J. W. Kollen, L. J. A. Corel, B. Lankhorst, M M van den Heuvel-Eibrink |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Pediatrics |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Sudden death Diagnosis Differential Death Sudden Medicine Humans In patient Child business.industry Tumor Embolism Wilms' tumor Hematology Renal tumor medicine.disease Kidney Neoplasms Pulmonary embolism PULMONARY EMBOLUS Oncology Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Radiology business Pulmonary Embolism |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 50, 1062-1064. Wiley-Liss Inc. |
| ISSN: | 1545-5009 |
| Popis: | In 4-6% of patients with renal tumors in children intravascular infiltration is found. Tumor emboli are even rarer, and sudden death as presenting symptom has only been described at presentation in Wilms tumor (WT) in six cases so far. This report describes two recent cases of sudden death in patients with renal tumors in which a fatal pulmonary embolus was the first presentation. |
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