1.A Case Report: Cavitary Infarction Caused by Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Patient with Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm.
Kyoungkyg BAE ; Woon Jung KWON ; Seong Hoon CHOI ; Jong Hwa LEE ; Hee Jeong CHA
Korean Journal of Radiology 2015;16(4):936-941
Pulmonary tumor embolism is commonly discovered at autopsy, but is rarely suspected ante-mortem. Microangiopathy is an uncommon and distinct form of simple tumor pulmonary embolism. Here, we present a 52-year-old male with tumor thrombotic microangiopathy and pulmonary infarction, which might have originated from intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas. Multiple wedge-shaped consolidations were found initially and aggravated with cavitation. These CT features of pulmonary infarction were pathologically confirmed to result from pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy.
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology/radiography
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Humans
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Lung/pathology/*radiography
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Lung Neoplasms/pathology/radiography
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pancreas/pathology
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Pancreatic Neoplasms/*complications/pathology
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Papilloma, Intraductal/pathology/radiography
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Pulmonary Embolism/pathology/*radiography
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Pulmonary Infarction/pathology/*radiography
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Thrombotic Microangiopathies/diagnosis/*radiography
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed