Pulmonary hypertension due to tumor emboli: A report of three autopsy cases with morphological correlations to radiological findings
| Autor: | Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Takao Yoshioka, Masami Imakita, Michiaki Katsuragi, Takeyoshi Kunieda, Chikao Yutani |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Lung Neoplasms Hypertension Pulmonary medicine.medical_treatment Chondrosarcoma Embolectomy Autopsy Pulmonary Artery Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine Humans Choriocarcinoma business.industry Tumor Embolism Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Radiography Radiological weapon Female Radiology Pulmonary Embolism business |
| Zdroj: | Pathology International. 43:135-141 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1827 1320-5463 |
| Popis: | Three cases of pulmonary hypertension caused by tumor emboli to the lungs are described. Two of the three cases had a clinical diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism until surgical embolectomy, and the other had a diagnosis of primary pulmonary hypertension. Autopsy disclosed chondrosarcoma, choriocarcinoma and gastric cancer as the primary tumors, respectively. Pulmonary vascular obstruction due to tumor embolism leading to pulmonary hypertension is a previously rare clinical entity, and obstructed pulmonary vessels are believed to tend to be small vessels. We compared the autopsy and radiological findings and concluded that pulmonary tumor embolism involved not only the small peripheral arteries but also the segmental and/or lobar arteries. |
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