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Case Reports
. 1976 Feb;69(2):229-30.
doi: 10.1378/chest.69.2.229.

Tumor emboli presenting as pulmonary hypertension. A diagnostic dilemma

J P Graham, H H Rotman, J G Weg
Case Reports

Tumor emboli presenting as pulmonary hypertension. A diagnostic dilemma

J P Graham et al. Chest. 1976 Feb.

Abstract

A case of recurrent tumor emboli secondary to choriocarcinoma is described. The patient presented with obvious pulmonary hypertension and was diagnosed and treated as a case of multiple pulmonary embolism. Information which suggested the possibility of tumor emboli was indeed present but recognized only retrospectively.

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