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Segmental pulmonary veno-occlusive disease secondary to lung cancer
1 Department of Histopathology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE, UK
2 Department of Cellular Pathology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
3 Service d’anatomie Pathologique 1, Hôpital de la Pitié, 83, Bd de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK
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Dr N B N Ibrahim
Department of Histopathology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE, UK; nassif.ibrahim{at}dial.pipex.com
This report describes two cases of segmental pulmonary vein occlusion secondary to lung malignancy in which lung biopsies showed histological features of veno-occlusive disease. These are the first cases to be reported in the literature in which such lung parenchymal histological changes are described in association with lung malignancy.
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; PVOD, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Keywords: pulmonary veno-occlusive disease; leiomyosarcoma; lung cancer; squamous cell
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