title: Extension of pulmonary adenocarcinoma into the left atrium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Motol, Prague 5, 155 00, Czech Republic. j.vojacek@fnmotol.cz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vojacek
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burkert
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pafko
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mates
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spatenka
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavel
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents