Fatal pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy caused by undiagnosed metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma.

We present the case of a woman with no previous diagnosis of cancer who presented with rapidly progressive shortness of breath. She was diagnosed with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension and rapidly succumbed to her illness. A postmortem diagnosis of PTTM was established based on autopsy results. PMID: 26424948 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424948?dopt=Abstract

Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings - October 1, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Endicott-Yazdani T, Ghazi A, Armstrong D, Guileyardo J, Schuller D Tags: Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) Source Type: research