Fatal venous embolism in a patient with advanced extramammary Paget disease

Case of extramammary Paget’s disease causing pulmonary tumor embolism

“…To the best of our knowledge, two other cases of embolism caused by EMPD have been reported to date: a case of PTTM 3 and a case of portal and splenic vein embolism induced by coagulation abnormality. 4 Pulmonary tumor embolism caused by EMPD has not previously been reported, although cases might have been misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism/deep vein thrombosis without autopsy. Pulmonary tumor embolism caused by renal cell carcinoma has reportedly been successfully treated with embolectomy.…”