Extension of pulmonary adenocarcinoma into the left atrium.
A 62-year-old man presented with pulmonary adenocarcinoma that penetrated through the pulmonary vein into the left atrium. The tumor in the left atrium was removed via a right lower lobectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. In selected cases, radical removal of a tumor in patients without mediastinal lymph node involvement may improve the prognosis. The use of cardiopulmonary bypass extends the possibilities of radical tumor removal.
Vojacek
Jan
J
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Motol, Prague 5, 155 00, Czech Republic. j.vojacek@fnmotol.cz
Burkert
Jan
J
Pafko
Pavel
P
Mates
Martin
M
Spatenka
Jaroslav
J
Pavel
Petr
P
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents