COR PULMONALE RESULTING FROM PULMONARY TUMOR MICRO EMBOLI.

Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed bilateral ground glass opacities, tree in bud opacities, mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy, without pulmonary embolism (PE). Autopsy revealed extensive tumor cell microthrombi in the pulmonary vasculature, consistent with pulmonary tumor emboli, and lymphangitic carcinomatosis. [Extracted from the article]

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