Margolis M L, Jarrell B E
South Med J. 1985 Jun;78(6):757-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198506000-00040.
Pulmonary tumor microembolism is usually recognized as a slowly progressive syndrome of dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension in a patient with an established diagnosis of malignant disease. We have reported an extremely unusual case in which the pulmonary tumor microembolism syndrome occurred in a patient without prior history of malignancy. Further, no primary tumor could be found on postmortem examination. Clinicians should be aware that this potentially treatable entity may affect a wider spectrum of patients than has been previously recognized.
肺肿瘤微栓塞通常被认为是一种在已确诊恶性疾病的患者中出现的、以呼吸困难和肺动脉高压为表现的缓慢进展性综合征。我们报告了一例极为罕见的病例，该病例中肺肿瘤微栓塞综合征发生在一名既往无恶性肿瘤病史的患者身上。此外，尸检未发现原发性肿瘤。临床医生应意识到，这种可能可治疗的疾病可能影响比以往认识到的更广泛的患者群体。
