Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosed by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography during the Nephrectomy in the Renal Cancer Patient: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.1999.37.6.1153
- Author:
Soon Im KIM
1
;
Sun Chong KIM
;
Hyung Bin PARK
;
Jung Seok LEE
;
Min Su HYON
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cancer, renal cancer;
Complication, pulmonary embolism, intraoperative;
Surgery, nephrectomy
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Kidney Neoplasms*;
Nephrectomy*;
Operating Rooms;
Pulmonary Embolism*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1999;37(6):1153-1158
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Massive intraoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) is a fatal complication. However, the diagnosis of PE is difficult because clinical symptoms and signs are nonspecific, and specialized diagnostic facilities are not readily available in the operating room. We report a case of cardiac arrest due to a massive PE diagnosed by transthoracic and transesophageal Echocardiography during a nephrectomy in patient with renal cancer. This case demonstrates the great value of echocardiography in the diagnosis of an intraoperative massive pulmonary embolism.
