Abstract

VALVERDE-CORTES, Julián Andrés  and  MORALES-SANCHEZ, Eliana Isabel. Pulmonary tumour embolism: An infrequent initial manifestation of cancer. rev.colomb.cancerol. [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.4, pp.186-190. ISSN 0123-9015.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccan.2018.07.003.

Pulmonary embolism is usually caused by thrombosis; however there are other types of pulmonary embolisms. The case is presented of a 44 year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis on biological therapy, with no previous diagnosis of cancer. The patient had a pulmonary embolism in the context of venous thrombosis in the lower limbs, with no response to anticoagulation treatment. It was finally documented as a tumour embolism due to adenocarcinoma of unknown origin, possibly of the breast. The possibility of a pulmonary tumour embolism should be considered in the absence of a response to anticoagulation therapy.

Keywords : Tumour Embolism; Circulating Neoplastic Cells; Pulmonary Embolism.

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