Pulmonary Tumour Embolism Complicating a Case of Leiomyosarcoma

[摘要] Patient.A case of peripheral leiomyosarcoma presenting with features of pulmonary thromboembolism is described.Discussion.Persistence of the embolus despite triple-armed thrombolytic therapy and the presence of intravascular tumour invasion suggest the rare entity of pulmonary tumour embolism from a leiomyosarcoma.

[学科分类] 肿瘤学