Acute limb ischemia due to arterial embolism of tumor.
Arterial tumor embolism is a rare occurrence. We report such an embolus causing acute limb ischemia which was the first indication of malignancy in a patient who subsequently proved to have malignant melanoma.
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Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography