title: [Massive tumor embolism as the cause of acute cor pulmonale].
abstract: A massive tumor embolism was observed in a 35-year-old patient suffering from a tumor of the urinary bladder. Pulmonary embolism was suspected after echocardiographic demonstration of an acute cor pulmonale. Postmortem examination demonstrated multiple small tumor emboli within the small pulmonary arteries.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000473:pathology; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Massive Tumorembolie als Ursache eines akuten Cor pulmonale.