Pulmonary tumor embolism secondary to soft tissue and bone sarcomas: a case report and literature review

Pulmonary tumor embolism secondary to soft tissue and bone sarcomas: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Tumor embolisms (TE) are an underappreciated source of pulmonary embolisms in sarcoma. Most evidence in the literature is limited to case reports and none have described the presence of TE secondary to myxofibrosarcoma. We report the first case of myxofibrosarcoma TE and perform...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Latchana, Vincent C. Daniel, Robert W. Gould, Raphael E. Pollock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Sarcoma
Tumor embolism
Cor pulmonale
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1223-3

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