title: Successful management of massive pulmonary tumor embolism from renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma occasionally invades the inferior vena cava and rarely extends to the right atrium. However, despite the frequency of venous extension, it is unusual to recognize patients with massive pulmonary tumor embolus clinically. We describe a 60-year-old man who underwent pulmonary tumor embolectomy using cardiopulmonary bypass combined with profound hypothermia and intermittent low-flow perfusion. The patient is currently alive and well without implantation metastasis 6 months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagyu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior