Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious malignancy-related respiratory complication. The most common causative neoplasm is gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case caused by metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, diagnosed postmortem in a 58-year-old male. To our knowledge, thi...
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author | Dhruv Nayyar Kavitha Muthiah Christopher S. Hayward Zerlene Lim Emily K. Granger Mark Nicholls Allan R. Glanville |
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description | Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious malignancy-related respiratory complication. The most common causative neoplasm is gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case caused by metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, diagnosed postmortem in a 58-year-old male. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case from metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma. |
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spelling | doaj-art-e586429f0a6c4f309e7fa527aa549faa2025-02-03T06:48:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542015-01-01201510.1155/2015/286962286962Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate CarcinomaDhruv Nayyar0Kavitha Muthiah1Christopher S. Hayward2Zerlene Lim3Emily K. Granger4Mark Nicholls5Allan R. Glanville6St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaSt. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaPulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious malignancy-related respiratory complication. The most common causative neoplasm is gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case caused by metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, diagnosed postmortem in a 58-year-old male. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case from metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286962 |
spellingShingle | Dhruv Nayyar Kavitha Muthiah Christopher S. Hayward Zerlene Lim Emily K. Granger Mark Nicholls Allan R. Glanville Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma Case Reports in Pulmonology |
title | Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma |
title_full | Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma |
title_short | Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma |
title_sort | pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy from metastatic prostate carcinoma |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286962 |
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