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Fatal progressive right heart failure in a pancreatic cancer patient

  • Received : 2019.07.28
  • Accepted : 2019.09.10
  • Published : 2020.04.30

Abstract

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare but fatal complication of cancer and causes pulmonary hypertension and acute/subacute right heart failure. PTTM is most commonly associated with gastric cancer and more rarely associated with pancreatic cancer. We report a case of progressive right heart failure associated with clinically diagnosed pancreatic cancer, suggesting PTTM.

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