Pulmonary tumour embolism from gastric adenocarcinoma causing respiratory and cardiac failure may not be identified on standard ante-mortem imaging
Standard diagnostic imaging lacks specificity and fails to detect pulmonary tumour embolism. Computed tomography angiography and echocardiography provide indirect evidence, but definitive diagnosis often requires histopathological confirmation, frequently post-mortem.
Authors
- Dace Žentiņa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-7010)
- Konstantīns Ščerbakovs
- Valentīna Mihejeva
- Sergejs Dubencovs
- Evelīna Stunda
Institutions
- Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (LV)
- Riga Stradiņš University (LV)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12890/2025_005294
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00