Pulmonary Tumour Thrombotic Microangiopathy (PTTM)

International Conference and Exhibition on Lung Disorders & Therapeutics

July 13-15, 2015 Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Hasleton P S1, Booton R1, Azzawi M2 and Woodcock A A1

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Pulm Respir Med

Abstract :

Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiography (PTTM) is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and is usually discovered at post-mortem. It is associated with gastric and rarely with other carcinomas. We describe the pulmonary vascular pathology and propose a role for transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) in the causation of the vascular occlusion.