Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma

Dhruv Nayyar; Kavitha Muthiah; Christopher S. Hayward; Zerlene Lim; Emily K. Granger; Mark Nicholls; Allan R. Glanville

doi:10.1155/2015/286962

Case Reports in Pulmonology (Jan 2015)

Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy from Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma

Dhruv Nayyar,
Kavitha Muthiah,
Christopher S. Hayward,
Zerlene Lim,
Emily K. Granger,
Mark Nicholls,
Allan R. Glanville

Affiliations

Dhruv Nayyar: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Kavitha Muthiah: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Christopher S. Hayward: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Zerlene Lim: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Emily K. Granger: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Mark Nicholls: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Allan R. Glanville: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/286962
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious malignancy-related respiratory complication. The most common causative neoplasm is gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case caused by metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, diagnosed postmortem in a 58-year-old male. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case from metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma.

Published in Case Reports in Pulmonology

ISSN: 2090-6846 (Print); 2090-6854 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9796

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