Fatal progressive right heart failure in a pancreatic cancer patient
- Author:
Jeong Tae BYOUN
1
;
Jae Young CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case report
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 2020;37(2):122-127
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare but fatal complication of cancer and causes pulmonary hypertension and acute/subacute right heart failure. PTTM is most commonly associated with gastric cancer and more rarely associated with pancreatic cancer. We report a case of progressive right heart failure associated with clinically diagnosed pancreatic cancer, suggesting PTTM.
