[Diagnostic image (97). A woman with septicemia due to the small intestinal infarction].
A 69-year-old woman who was treated for a spindle cell carcinoma of the upper jaw developed tumour emboli causing ischaemia and infarction of fingertips, small intestine, spleen, pancreas and kidneys.
Kummer
J A
JA
Afd. Pathologie, VU Medisch Centrum, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam. ja.kummer@vumc.nl
Ypma
P F
PF
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply