Timely Diagnosis of Pulmonary Artery Tumor Embolism by Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Overview

Journal Thorac Cancer

Specialties Oncology
Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2016 Jan 15

PMID 26766998

Citations 6

Authors

Seung Jun Lee

Jinwoo Lee

Su Jong Yu

Hyun Ju Lee

Kyung Ju Kim

Kyoung-Bun Lee

Young Sik Park

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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.

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