Palliative embolisation for intrapulmonary shunting in lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma of the lung

Palliative embolisation for intrapulmonary shunting in lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma of the lung

Lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma (LPA) (formerly known as bronchioalveolar carcinoma) has rarely been reported to cause refractory hypoxia with intrapulmonary shunting [1–7]. We describe a case who underwent the palliative strategy of intravascular right lower pulmonary artery embolisation with an...

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Main Authors: Joanne Yue-Ai Tan, Darren L. Walters, Karl Poon, Paul Zimmerman, Pat Aldons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Intrapulmonary shunting
Hypoxemia
Bronchioalveloar carcinoma
Lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma
Pulmonary artery occlusion
Pulmonary angiography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007115000258

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