A case of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy associated with lung cancer diagnosed by cell-block immunohistochemistry of pulmonary microvascular cytology

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is rare but should be considered as a possible diagnosis in patients with cancer. In this case, PTTM induced by lung cancer was more accurately diagnosed using cell block immunohistochemistry of pulmonary microvascular cytology (PMC) because we could...

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Main Authors: Hideaki Yamakawa, Tomohiro Oba, Hiroki Ohta, Yuta Tsukahara, Gen Kida, Emiri Tsumiyama, Tomotaka Nishizawa, Rie Kawabe, Shintaro Sato, Keiichi Akasaka, Masako Amano, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Hidekazu Matsushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007119301741