Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for treatment of renal carcinoma.
The case of a 67-year-old woman with multiple medical problems who presented for resection of a metastatic renal cell carcinoma involving the posterior fossa, is presented. Anesthetic management of the patient, who suffered metastasis to the brain, and who required deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, is discussed.
Gorji
Reza
R
Department of Anesthesiology Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. gorjir@upstate.edu
Wang
Jingping
J
Eller
Jorge L
JL
Holsapple
James
J
D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis