Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy from metastatic prostate carcinoma

Case Rep Pulmonol. 2015:2015:286962. doi: 10.1155/2015/286962. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

Abstract

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious malignancy-related respiratory complication. The most common causative neoplasm is gastric adenocarcinoma. We report a case caused by metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma, diagnosed postmortem in a 58-year-old male. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case from metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma.