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- Title
A Case of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Complicated by Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy.
- Authors
Hak Jin Kim; Mi Hyang Kwak; Sun-Young Kong; Moon-Woo Seong; Han-Sung Kang; Keun Seok Lee; Jungsil Ro
- Abstract
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare, malignancy-related complication that causes marked pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, and death. We report on a patient with locally advanced breast cancer whose course was complicated by fatal PTTM based on clinical and laboratory findings.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer; PULMONARY hypertension; HEART failure; CANCER-related mortality; CANCER patients
- Publication
Cancer Research & Treatment, 2012, Vol 44, Issue 4, p267
- ISSN
1598-2998
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4143/crt.2012.44.4.267