title: Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma with pulmonary tumour embolism.
abstract: Pulmonary tumour embolism is a known complication of cancer disease. To date, pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma has been described once with this entity. We report a case of pulmonary tumour embolism diagnosed in the operation room after cardiac arrest of a 30-year-old male patient who had surgical amputation of his right upper limb due to recurrent sarcoma, mandating urgent and successful embolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Critical Care Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. dr-salman@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdulaziz
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geddawy
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al Efraij
authors.forename: Mouhamad Ghyath
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jamil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery