Uterine carcinosarcoma-induced pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy: A case report

• Main Authors: Takashi Hibiya (Author), Shigeaki Umeda (Author), Koji Okudela (Author), Mitsuko Furuya (Author), Shoji Yamanaka (Author), Kenichi Ohashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare complication of cancer. It is histologically characterized by fibrocellular intimal proliferation in small pulmonary arteries and arterioles in patients with metastatic carcinoma. It is most frequently caused by adenocarcinoma. We report a...