Spontaneous showering of tumor emboli in a patient with advanced primary lung cancer: a case report

Extension of primary lung tumors into the left atrium via pulmonary veins is a well-documented phenomenon. Peripheral arterial embolism and cerebral embolism originating from a primary lung neoplasm are rare events. We report a case of simultaneous acute bilateral lower limb ischemia, bilateral rena...

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Published in:International journal of emergency medicine 2012-06, Vol.5 (1), p.27-27, Article 27
Main Authors: Schreffler, Susan M, Paolo, William F, Kloss, Brian T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angiology
Cardiology
Case Report
Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Lung cancer
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatrics
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Summary:Extension of primary lung tumors into the left atrium via pulmonary veins is a well-documented phenomenon. Peripheral arterial embolism and cerebral embolism originating from a primary lung neoplasm are rare events. We report a case of simultaneous acute bilateral lower limb ischemia, bilateral renal infarction, splenic infarction and cerebral infarction as a result of multiple emboli originating from primary lung malignancy invasion of the left atrium. An emergent embolectomy revealed pathologic features of the extracted thrombus that were identical to the pulmonary neoplasm.
ISSN:1865-1380
1865-1380
DOI:10.1186/1865-1380-5-27