Acute Lower Extremity Ischemia Following Thoracotomy Owing to Arterial Tumor Emboli. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Our patient is a 58-year-old woman with metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma with prior resection found to have an isolated metastatic lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung. She underwent a thoracotomy with right upper and middle lobectomy. After her procedure, she developed acute ischemia of her left lower extremity secondary to an embolized tumor. The patient was treated with thrombectomy and fasciotomy, and she recovered without loss of function of the limb. A literature review demonstrates that acute limb ischemia secondary to tumor emboli remains a rare but potentially devastating complication of metastatic disease.

publication date

  • April 19, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Ischemia
  • Leiomyosarcoma
  • Lower Extremity
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Thoracotomy

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85073601609

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.059

PubMed ID

  • 31009627

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 108

issue

  • 5