Naganuma H, Mashiko K, Ishii S, Seo A, Ueda M, Horiguchi T, Naganuma K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fuji Municipal Central Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 1998 Oct;51(11):967-9.
The prognosis of pulmonary tumor embolism is said to be poor and only a limited number of patients with this disease have survived. The patient was a 64-year-old male suffering from left renal cell carcinoma complicated with tumor extending from the left renal vein to the inferior vena cava. The patient underwent an operation for left renal cell carcinoma during which he developed tumor embolus to the pulmonary artery. The occurrence of the acute embolism was promptly detected and the removal of tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient made good postoperative progress.
