title: Pre-operative endostent placement to allow the complete and safe resection of a recurrent tumor that had tightly adhered to the subclavian artery: A case report.
abstract: Radiation and tumor infiltration confer a high risk of bleeding on surgical removal of tumor. We report on the case of a 42-year-old woman with a recurrent occult subclavian tumor in her right breast. Computed tomography revealed enhanced tumor adhesion to the subclavian artery at the infraclavicular lymph node. No other metastases were detected. We pre-operatively performed stenting of the right subclavian artery, and the tumor was resected completely and safely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
keywords: Pre-operative endostent placement; breast cancer; complete and safe resection; endovascular; the radiation field