Renal carcinoma presenting with pulmonary emboli: a review of two cases.
Two patients with renal carcinoma presenting with pulmonary emboli are discussed. Pulmonary emboliform renal carcinoma may be more common than previously supposed. Evaulation for such tumours should be done in patients with pulmonary emboli of obscure origin.
D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging