Korean J Crit Care Med.  2015 Aug;30(3):234-237. 10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.3.234.

Acute Peripheral Arterial Tumorous Embolism after Lung Cancer Surgery

• Hwang Y
• Lee HJ
• Kim YT

• KMID: 2227657
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.3.234

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.

Keyword

embolectomy; embolism; femoral artery; lung neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Aged
Embolectomy
Embolism*
Female
Femoral Artery
Humans
Lower Extremity
Lung Neoplasms*
Lung*
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Chest computed tomography scan showing a 5.1×3.5 cm pulmonary mass (arrow) in the left lower lobe.

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  Fig. 2. Echogenic thrombus filling (arrow) in the right superficial artery on transverse B-mode ultrasonography.

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  Fig. 3. Acute thrombotic occlusion (arrow) in the right mid-superficial femoral artery to proximal popliteal artery on preoperative computed tomography angiography (A) and revascularization of the same vessels on postoperative computed tomography angiography (B).

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