Successful Management of Pulmonary and Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Embolism from Renal Cell Carcinoma.
10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.5.323
- Author:
Hunbo SHIM
1
;
Wook Sung KIM
;
Young Wook KIM
;
Shin Seok YANG
;
Duk Kyung KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. wooksungkim@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary embolism;
Cancer;
Great vessels;
Embolectomy
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Embolectomy;
Fatal Outcome;
Heart;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating;
Nephrectomy;
Prognosis;
Pulmonary Embolism;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012;45(5):323-325
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary tumor embolism can be a cause of respiratory failure in patients with cancer even though it occurs rarely. We describe a 56-year-old man who underwent a pulmonary tumor embolectomy using cardiopulmonary bypass on beating heart combined with inferior vena cava embolectomy and right radical nephrectomy. Aggressive surgical treatment in this severe case is necessary not only to reduce the fatal outcome of pulmonary embolism in the short run, but also to improve the oncological prognosis in the long term.
