title: Pulmonary embolus presenting as initial manifestation of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Pulmonary emboli from renal cell carcinoma may be more common than previously suspected. A case is reported of renal cell carcinoma presenting with a massive pulmonary embolus. Pulmonary embolectomy followed by radical nephrectomy with venocavotomy and tumor thrombectomy was successfully performed.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery