title: Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by gastric cancer.
abstract: Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a fatal cancer-related pulmonary complication with rapidly progressing dyspnea, and occasionally induces sudden death. Here, we describe a postmortem-diagnosed PTTM case caused by gastric cancer, with the complaint of progressing dyspnea for 5 days.He did not have any abdominal symptoms or cancer history. PTTM should be considered in patients with rapidly worsening respiratory conditions, even if there is no cancer history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Tasaburo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuki
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanafusa
authors.forename: Yuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibayama