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Case Reports
. 1982 Dec;58(686):792-3.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.686.792.

Multiple tumour emboli simulating a massive pulmonary embolus

J W Hadfield, J C Sterling, E P Wraight
Case Reports

Multiple tumour emboli simulating a massive pulmonary embolus

J W Hadfield et al. Postgrad Med J. 1982 Dec.

Abstract

A 27-year-old man presented with shortness of breath due to multiple pulmonary emboli. At post-mortem the emboli consisted entirely of secondary epithelioid sarcoma, the primary having been resected 5 years previously.

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