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Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2012; 7 (3): 168-169
in English
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy [PTTM] is a fatal cancer-related pulmonary complication with rapidly progressing dyspnea, and occasionally induces sudden death. Here, we describe a postmortem-diagnosed PTTM case caused by gastric cancer, with the complaint of progressing dyspnea for 5 days.He did not have any abdominal symptoms or cancer history. PTTM should be considered in patients with rapidly worsening respiratory conditions, even if there is no cancer history