Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with Primary Renal Synovial Sarcoma: The Important Differential Diagnosis of Tumor Embolism and Its Therapeutic Implications
Pulmonary tumor embolism rarely occurs in epithelial-derived tumors, but it has been described in different tumor entities. Microscopic pulmonary tumor embolisms are often only discovered on autopsy. Pulmonary thromboembolism, on the other hand, is a frequent complication in cancer patients, and sur...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2013-06-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353409 |