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 ?? DCD5A442B9C7E17DE0405C82790C4DE2 ?? 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)