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case_images: CT scan of the chest demonstrating (blue) thickened interlobular septa, (red) centrilobular faint compression.
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case_images: A CT scan with pulmonary embolism detection program of the chest revealed smooth interlobular septal thickening with centrilobular consolidation and pleural effusions, as shown in Figure 1.
case_images: Histology of pulmonary vessels. a, b Multiple tumor cells within the lumen of pulmonary vessels and thrombus formation (H and E, x100). c, d High-power field of an obstructed small pulmonary vessel (H and E, EVG x400). Legend: black arrows point at embolized tumor cell clusters; x: artery, +: clot, *: bronchioles.
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case_images: An autopsy was then performed, revealing numerous tumor embolisms in the small- and medium-sized pulmonary vessels, partly with associated thrombi indicating PTTM (Fig. 2).