A 49-Year-Old Man with Subacute Respiratory Failure and Interstitial Lung Opacities
Rudkovskaia AA, Lo YC, Brady V, Costa J, Fares WH. A 49-Year-Old Man with Subacute Respiratory Failure and Interstitial Lung Opacities. American Journal Of Case Reports 2017, 18: 941-944. PMID: 28855497, PMCID: PMC5590515, DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.903742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathyRight heart catheterizationPulmonary arterial hypertensionTrans-bronchial biopsyPulmonary hypertensionDiagnosis of PTTMPulseless electrical activity cardiac arrestBackground Pulmonary arterial hypertensionGastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinomaNew bilateral pulmonary infiltratesInitiation of trastuzumabMicroscopic tumor embolismSubacute respiratory failureTrans-thoracic echocardiogramTumor thrombotic microangiopathyBilateral pulmonary infiltratesSevere pulmonary hypertensionComplaints of coughRV systolic functionShortness of breathComputed tomography angiographySmall pulmonary vesselsSmooth muscle proliferationPulmonary infiltratesArterial hypertension