Acute Peripheral Arterial Tumorous Embolism after Lung Cancer Surgery
10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.3.234
- Author:
Yoohwa HWANG
1
;
Hyun Joo LEE
;
Young Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hjleedr@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
embolectomy;
embolism;
femoral artery;
lung neoplasms
- MeSH:
Aged;
Embolectomy;
Embolism;
Female;
Femoral Artery;
Humans;
Lower Extremity;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lung;
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
- From:The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
2015;30(3):234-237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Systemic tumor embolisms after pulmonary resections for malignancy are rare, but usually severe and sometimes fatal. Here, we report a case of a 70-year-old woman who underwent pulmonary resection for lung cancer and subsequently developed acute arterial occlusion of the lower extremities caused by a tumorous embolus.
