title: Timely diagnosis of pulmonary artery tumor embolism by ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
abstract: Pulmonary artery tumor embolism (PATE) is a rare disease without an established diagnostic method. In an autopsy series, however, the incidence of PATE was relatively high, between 3% and 26% in patients with a solid tumor. Here we report a case of a patient with a massive PATE from hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed safely and promptly by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine Jinju, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jinwoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Su Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Ju
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung-Bun
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: EBUS-TBNA; hepatocellular carcinoma; tumor embolism