[Pulmonary artery hypertension due to tumor micro-embolism].
We report the case of a 37 years old woman with a past history of a chondrosarcoma who was admitted to hospital for acute pulmonary hypertension which proved rapidly fatal; autopsy confirmed that the etiology was tumour microemboli rising from a single cardiac metastases from her chondrosarcoma. The originality of this case report lies in the origin of the microemboli and the way in which they presented as a recurrence of the cancer.
Mangiapan
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Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
Parrot
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Antoine
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Mayaud
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D000328:Adult; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
Hypertension artérielle pulmonaire par micro-embolies tumorales.