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Hemorrhagic infarcts caused by mucin emboli mimicking brain purpura
Author(s) -
Robitaille Y.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19801001)46:7<1608::aid-cncr2820460720>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathophysiology , pathology , purpura (gastropod) , mucin , ecology , biology
The macroscopic aspect of brain purpura was mimicked by multiple hemorrhagic infarcts arising in the vascular supply region of small arteries occluded by embolized mucin in a case of scar adenocarcinoma of the right lower pulmonary lobe, which had extensively permeated pulmonary blood vessels. The pathophysiology is discussed along with its clinical implications.