Acute Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Local Resection of Choroidal Melanoma

Uveal melanoma is the most malignancy in adults, with 6-7 cases/million people.~-~j common primary ocular an annual incidence of The choroid is the most common site of involvement occurring in more than 90% patients.TM We conducted a retrospective study for uveal melanoma at Yongren Eye Center from...

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Published in:Chinese medical journal 2016-03, Vol.129 (6), p.743-745
Main Authors: Huang, Yao, Wei, Wen-Bin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Choroidal Melanoma
Controlled Hypotension
Local Resection
Adult
Anticoagulants
Blood clots
Care and treatment
Causes of
Choroid Neoplasms - surgery
Clinical Practice
Complications and side effects
Embolisms
Excision (Surgery)
Female
Humans
Joint surgery
Male
Medical imaging
Melanoma
Melanoma - surgery
Middle Aged
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Pathogenesis
Patients
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Embolism - etiology
Pulmonary embolisms
Surgery
Thrombosis
Ultrasonic imaging
Uveal Neoplasms - surgery
切除术
并发症
急性
栓塞
肺
脉络膜
葡萄
黑色素瘤
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Summary:Uveal melanoma is the most malignancy in adults, with 6-7 cases/million people.~-~j common primary ocular an annual incidence of The choroid is the most common site of involvement occurring in more than 90% patients.TM We conducted a retrospective study for uveal melanoma at Yongren Eye Center from 1997 to 201 I. A total of 682 cases of uveal melanoma were recorded. Among them, 176 （25.8%） cases received local resection surgery. Most of them survived after surgery and had good recovery. However, life-threatening complication of acute pulmonary embolism （APE） occurred in 3 choroidal melanoma patients shortly after surgery. Till now, to the best of our knowledge, there are few reports of severe postsurgical complications of choroidal melanoma.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.4103/0366-6999.178028