Initial diagnosis and successful treatment of pulmonary tumor embolism manifesting as the first clinical sign of prostatic adenocarcinoma

• Main Authors: Tananchai Petnak, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched, Wipawi Klaisuban, Chayanin Nitiwarangkul, Prapaporn Pornsuriyasak
• Other Authors: Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/58241
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2020 The Author(s) Although pulmonary tumor embolism (PTE) is a well-recognized end-stage form of pulmonary metastases at postmortem examination, the entity is rarely the first clinical sign of prostate cancer. Diagnosis of this condition in patients who have no previous history of malignancy is a...