title: [Postoperative Superior Mesenteric Artery and Cerebral Infarction Possibly due to the Thrombus at the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein Stump].
abstract: Pulmonary vein stump thrombus (PVST) was thought to be a rare complication after lung resection. Several cases of embolism due to PVST were reported previously. However, in recent paper, PVST was reported to be found in 13.5% of patients after left upper lobectomy ( LUL). We experienced a case of PVST that induced acute embolism of the superior mesenteric artery at 2 weeks after LUL. After discontinuation of anticoagulation therapy, development of PVST was confirmed by computed tomography scan at 12 months after LUL resulting in cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery