title: A case report of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) caused by esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: A 67-year-old male was referred to our hospital after being diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus. The clinical stage was T1b(sm)N4M1 cStage IVb, so he was admitted to our hospital for systemic chemotherapy. He had sustained fever and a dry cough. Chest computed tomography showed the presence of irregular shadows, and unidentified respiratory insufficiency had progressed. A transbronchial lung biopsy revealed a pulmonary artery tumor embolus of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. He developed DIC and died of respiratory failure on the 19th hospital day. The postmortem autopsy detected pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy accompanied by esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
authors: Department of Frontier Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ward, Chiba, Chiba 260-8677 Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Fujishiro
authors: Kiyohiko
authors: K
authors: Shuto
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Shiratori
authors: Tuguaki
authors: T
authors: Kono
authors: Yasunori
authors: Y
authors: Akutsu
authors: Masaya
authors: M
authors: Uesato
authors: Isamu
authors: I
authors: Hoshino
authors: Kentaro
authors: K
authors: Murakami
authors: Shunsuke
authors: S
authors: Imanishi
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Tochigi
authors: Yoko
authors: Y
authors: Yonemori
authors: Hisahiro
authors: H
authors: Matsubara
keywords: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; PTTM; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy