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Tumor embolism after pneumonectomy for primary pulmonary neoplasia

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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We report a case of tumor embolism of the lower right extremity after right pneumonectomy. This is an infrequent complication and in most cases occurs during the intraoperative or immediate postoperative period. Our patient underwent surgery for primary pulmonary neoplasia (squamous cell carcinoma) and 4 hours later showed clinical signs of acute arterial occlusion in the lower right extremity. An emergency embolectomy was performed and a thrombus with tumor characteristics was extracted from the right common femoral artery. The pathologic features of this thrombus were identical to those of the pulmonary tumor.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Joan XXIII Hospital, University of Rovira y Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

    Juan -Ramón Gómez MD, Juan Vañó MD, Luis Luengo MD, Jorge Escuder MD, Manuel Castellote MD, Susana Ros MD, José Diaz MD & Vincente Martin-Paredero MD, PhD

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Gómez, J.R., Vañó, J., Luengo, L. et al. Tumor embolism after pneumonectomy for primary pulmonary neoplasia. Annals of Vascular Surgery 9, 199–203 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02139664

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