Massive pulmonary tumor emboli in a sarcoma. An unusual cause of sudden death.
Although metastatic spread of tumor to the lungs is common, massive pulmonary tumor emboli are very unusual. Most tumor emboli originate from epithelial-derived tumors. Only a few cases of pulmonary embolism from sarcomata have been reported. We herein describe the case of a 36-year-old woman who died suddenly due to massive pulmonary tumor emboli from a retroperitoneal malignant mesenchymoma. We believe this is the first case report of a mesenchymoma causing sudden death due to massive tumor embolism.
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Department of Pathology, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000473:pathology*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*