Vena cava sarcoma with tumor embolus in the pulmonary artery: surgical treatment

Tobias Krüger; Migdat Mustafi; Silvio Nadalin; Hermann Aebert

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.023

Vena cava sarcoma with tumor embolus in the pulmonary artery: surgical treatment

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug;90(2):642-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.023.

Authors

Tobias Krüger¹, Migdat Mustafi, Silvio Nadalin, Hermann Aebert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 20667370
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.023

Abstract

Tumors of the inferior vena cava are rarely complicated by pulmonary tumor embolism. We report a patient with a leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava complicated by an embolus in the left pulmonary artery. We describe the successful treatment of this condition, which consisted of cavoplasty and pulmonary endarterectomy conducted under hypothermic circulatory arrest. Different aspects of the surgical strategy are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
Pulmonary Artery*
Sarcoma / secondary*
Sarcoma / surgery*
Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*
Vascular Neoplasms / surgery*
Vena Cava, Inferior*