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Pages 191-192 (May 1993)
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Vol. 29. Issue 4.
Pages 191-192 (May 1993)
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Formas etiológicas menos frecuentes del tromboembolismo pulmonar
Less frequent etiologic forms of pulmonary thromboembolism
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C. Prados, R. Álvarez-Sala, J.M. Pino
Servicio de Neumología. Hospital La Paz. Universidad Autónoma. Madrid
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El tromboeembolismo pulmonar (TEP) es un proceso patológico que puede ser debido a diversas causas. De ellas, la más conocida es la trombosis venosa profunda. Sin embargo, también se ha asociado a otros factores etiológicos menos frecuentes, como los trastornos de la coagulación. A partir del caso de un varón que con TEP de repetición por un estado de hipercoagulación, hacemos una revisión de etiologías menos típicas de TEP.

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a pathologic process which may be due to different causes, the most well known being deep vein thrombosis. Nonetheless, there are also less frequent factors associated such as coagulation alterations. A review of the least typical etiologies of PTE is herein made with the case of a male with repeated PTE due to State of hypercoagulation.

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