کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2156705 1090481 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Massive pulmonary tumor microembolism from a hepatocellular carcinoma
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی تحقیقات سرطان
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Massive pulmonary tumor microembolism from a hepatocellular carcinoma
چکیده انگلیسی

A 48-year-old patient with known alcohol abuse and long-standing liver cirrhosis presented with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and subsequent hepato-renal syndrome. Autopsy revealed a large hepatocellular carcinoma of the right liver lobe. Histologically, pulmonary arteries, arterioles, and capillaries were occluded by numerous tumor emboli. Small tumor emboli also covered the endocardium of the right ventricle. A review of the literature shows that macroscopic as well as microscopic pulmonary tumor embolism is often diagnosed in patients with a previously unknown malignancy. Moreover, pulmonary tumor embolism radiologically mimics pneumonia, tuberculosis, or interstitial lung disease. Therefore, an autopsy should be considered in cases of fulminant or massive pulmonary embolism to exclude tumor embolism even when the patients’ history is insignificant as to this point, and in cases with known malignant tumors and respiratory symptoms to exclude tumor microembolism.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Pathology - Research and Practice - Volume 202, Issue 5, 10 May 2006, Pages 395–399
نویسندگان
, , , ,