Pulmonary tumor embolism as a presenting feature of hepatocellular carcinoma is rare. It has been reported only once previously. In that case, other signs and symptoms of liver disease were present. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case Presentation: An 18 year old man with a history of asthma presented to the ER complaining of sudden onset dyspnea and cough. Lung examination and a CXR were normal. [shmabstracts.com]

To perform diagnostic workup and therapeutic interventions, such as embolectomy and pulmonary angiogram, ECMO is essential to maintain hemodynamic stability. [e-crt.org]

The patient had a workup that included an open biopsy, which was diagnosed as high-grade chondroblastic osteosarcoma (Figure 1). The patient subsequently underwent en bloc resection of the distal femur followed by amputation above the knee. [archivesofpathology.org]

Because of the routine use of US and beta-hCG in the workup of early gestational abnormalities, complete molar pregnancy rarely presents with the traditional signs. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Currently, diagnosis of DMPTE is challenging and treatment is limited although advances of modern medicine. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

He was given IV solumedrol and nebulizer treatments but did not improve however. Further history elicited mention of persistent right leg pain since two weeks after a long road trip. [shmabstracts.com]

Because the prognosis and treatment differ from that of thrombotic pulmonary emboli, the differentiating imaging characteristics of intravascular tumor embolism are reviewed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract ABSTRACT Background: Tumor markers (TMs) and D-Dimer are both hallmarks of severity and prognosis of lung cancer. Tumor markers could be related to pulmonary embolism (PE) in lung cancer. [oncotarget.com]

The prognosis is poor and the median survival from diagnosis is a few weeks. Interventions are rarely performed. [scitechnol.com]

Most of patients with EMPD have a good prognosis, but invasive EMPD with regional metastasis has a poor prognosis [ 2 ]. A few cases show aggressive manifestations of EMPD with systemic metastasis [ 2 ]. [jsms.sch.ac.kr]

Tumor embolism The prognosis is poor; median survival from diagnosis is only a few weeks. Particulate/foreign material The prognosis varies widely: for patients with mercury emboli, the prognosis is good, although death has been reported. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Keywords Adenocarcinoma/blood/secondary — Autopsy — Breast Neoplasms/pathology — Diagnosis, Differential — Dyspnea/diagnosis/etiology — Fatal Outcome — Female — Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/metabolism — Heart Failure/blood/etiology — Humans [archive-ouverte.unige.ch]

Although cardiac metastases are more common than primary cardiac tumors, they still occur in only 1% of cancer patients, the most common etiology being lung adenocarcinoma.1 Pulmonary tumor embolism is a possible manifestation of cardiac metastasis, although [archbronconeumol.org]

In this case, the rapid progression of disease and the etiology and reversibility of the patient’s respiratory failure were uncertain. [hindawi.com]

If blisters are present, one should have a higher degree of suspicion for a different etiology such as pemphigoid gestationis. [aocd.org]

Fetal factors may contribute to the etiology, as it has been reported that a preponderance of male infants, with a male: female ratio of 2:1, are born to mothers with this disease. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Introduction Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) or polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP) A self-limited pruritic inflammatory disorder of the skin occurring in the last trimester of pregnancy or immediately postpartum Epidemiology [step2.medbullets.com]

Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological study of 18 cases from Lebanon. Int. J. Dermatol. 2012 Sep;51(9):1047-53. [PubMed: 22909357] 11. Holmes RC, Jurecka W, Black MM. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One European author proposes that early gestational papular dermatoses (usually atopic eruption of pregnancy) be referred to as "early-onset PEP," distinguished from "late-onset PEP". [4] Epidemiology Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP) occurs in [emedicine.medscape.com]

The increasing use of catheters and prosthetic vascular devices and increasing numbers of immunocompromised patients have changed the epidemiology. It is now an uncommon complication of IV drug use, presumably because of improved hygiene. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Pathology Microscopic tumor embolism Thought to occur from two distinct pathophysiological processes. [radiopaedia.org]

A discussion of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of PTTM is presented. [casereports.bmj.com]

Pathophysiology TE can develop from several mechanisms. Pulmonary artery embolism may occur but lymphatic invasion with mediastinal and pulmonary lymphatic extension is more common [21]. [wjso.biomedcentral.com]

The clinicopathological syndrome of subacute cor pulmonale caused by tumor microemboli to the pulmonary vasculature is exceedingly rare, and details of its pathophysiology are sparse. [blogs.nejm.org]

When tumor thrombosis has been detected or suspected, hepatic vascular exclusion should be considered for the prevention of intraoperative embolism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Immediate delivery of fetus by C-section is mandatory to prevent fetal hypoxic damage and facilitate resuscitation. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Through the diploma thesis we can see that pulmonary embolism is a complex disease and that both patient and medical team must put in much effort to prevent all the causes that lead to pulmonary embolism. [dk.um.si]

To prevent compartment syndrome by revascularization, additional mini-fasciotomy on the right lower extremity was performed. [kjccm.org]