Pulmonary Tumor Embolism and Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy Causing Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure: A Case Series

• Main Authors: Kartikeya Rajdev MBBS (Author), Ujjwal Madan MBBS (Author), Sean McMillan MD (Author), Kyle Wilson MD (Author), Kurt Fisher MD, PhD (Author), Ashley Hein MD (Author), Amol Patil MD, FCCP (Author), Sabin Bista MBBS, FAASM (Author), Daniel Hershberger MD (Author), Brian Boer MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary tumor embolism (PTE) and pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) are rare etiologies for rapidly progressive dyspnea in the setting of undiagnosed metastatic cancer. They occur most frequently in association with adenocarcinomas, with PTE being most frequently associated with hep...