A rare cause of fatal right heart failure

Stucki, Armin; Kruse, Anja; Iff, Samuel; Stanga, Zeno; Cottagnoud, Philippe; Gerber, Peter (2006). A rare cause of fatal right heart failure. European journal of internal medicine, 17(1), pp. 68-70. Roma: Pozzi 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.08.008

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Microscopic pulmonary tumor embolism (MPTE) is an uncommon cause of dyspnea in patients with cancer and one of the most difficult to diagnose. MPTE is a syndrome that is pathologically characterized by the occlusion of small pulmonary arteries and arterioles by aggregates of tumor cells. Because the clinical picture resembles that of thromboembolic disease, it is rarely recognized before death. The most common clinical symptom is subacute progressive dyspnea over weeks to months. We recently observed a case of MPTE of exceptional interest as the patient was under aggressive anticoagulant treatment and developed fulminant pulmonary hypertension with fatal right heart failure.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology

UniBE Contributor:

Stucki, Andreas Hans, Kruse, Anja, Iff, Samuel, Stanga, Zeno, Cottagnoud, Philippe, Gerber, Peter

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0953-6205

ISBN:

16378894

Publisher:

Pozzi

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:46

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:22

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.ejim.2005.08.008

PubMed ID:

16378894

Web of Science ID:

000242854500018

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/19012 (FactScience: 1377)

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