When the pathologist is giving the answer: an unusual case of pulmonary hypertension

We report the case of a 75-years-old man who diagnosed with severe pulmonary hypertension, associated with interstitial lung disease characterized by a rapid and fatal outcome. Autopsy showed the presence of a signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma associated with pulmonary tumour embolism and pulmonary...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Praxis (Bern. 1994) 2014-09, Vol.103 (18), p.1081-1083
Hauptverfasser:	Lo Priore, Elia, Fusi-Schmidhauser, Tanja
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Angiography Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell - secondary Disease Progression Dyspnea - etiology Echocardiography Fatal Outcome Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology Hypertension, Pulmonary - pathology Lung - pathology Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - pathology Lung Neoplasms - secondary Lymphedema - etiology Male Multidetector Computed Tomography Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - pathology Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis Pulmonary Embolism - pathology Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
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