Death during pneumonectomy from endobronchial tumour embolus. A case report.
A case is reported in which the patient died during pneumonectomy from endobronchial embolus of a tumour resulting in obstruction of the main bronchus of the normal lung. It is believed that the complication might have been prevented by the use of a double-lumen endobronchial tube. If generally employed, this precaution would also lessen the risk of intra-operative spread of smaller tumour emboli that may cause implantation metastases.
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*