These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Pulmonary tumor embolism: Report of two cases].
    Author: Chertcoff FJ, Emery NC, Villagomez R, Veltri MA, Venditti J, Young P, Ubaldini J.
    Journal: Rev Med Chil; 2009 Dec; 137(12):1613-6. PubMed ID: 20361139.
    Abstract:
    Dyspnea and hypoxemia in a patient with cancer may have several causes, including infections, thromboembolism, metastases, and pulmonary injuries by drugs. We report a 47-year-old female with breast cancer and a 70-year-old male with urinary bladder cancer who were admitted for dyspnea, hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension. Chest X rays and CT scans were normal. The ventilation-perfusion scintigram was highly suspicions of thromboembolism in the female. The male died 16 hours after admission and the post mortem examination revealed the presence of tumor cells in the pulmonary vasculature.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]