Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy Associated with Advanced Gastric Cancer Successfully Treated with Chemotherapy / 이화의대지
The Ewha Medical Journal
; : 146-151, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is an uncommon and fatal malignancy-related pulmonary complication characterized by fibrocellular intimal proliferation of small pulmonary arteries and arterioles. It causes marked pulmonary hypertension, right-side heart failure, and sudden death. Diagnosis of PTTM is extremely difficult while the patient is alive. Here, we report a 44-year-old woman who presented with complaining of progressing dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension but with no history of cancer. She was diagnosed with PTTM caused by advanced gastric cancer ante mortem and was treated effectively with chemotherapy.
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Main subject:
Ants
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Arterioles
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Pulmonary Artery
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Death, Sudden
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Diagnosis
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Drug Therapy
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Dyspnea
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Thrombotic Microangiopathies
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Heart Failure
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
The Ewha Medical Journal
Year:
2014
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Article