Tumor embolism
This lung section is from a 73 year old female with an established diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the gall bladder.
Numerous pulmonary arterial branches were occluded with tumor emboli as seen here. Pulmonary infarcts had resulted.
Contributed by Dr. Teresita Redondo, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
1 minute clinical correlation