Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine  2015;30(3):234-237

doi:10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.3.234

Acute Peripheral Arterial Tumorous Embolism after Lung Cancer Surgery.

Yoohwa HWANG ; Hyun Joo LEE ; Young Tae KIM

Keywords

embolectomy; embolism; femoral artery; lung neoplasms

Country

Republic 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.