Peripheral arterial embolism arising from pulmonary adenocarcinoma

Loscertales, Jesús; Congregado, Miguel; Arenas, C.; Arroyo, Andrés; Giron, J; Ayarra, Javier; Jiménez-Merchán, Rafael

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(03)01143-3

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“…Infarction results when the tumor fragment is large enough to occlude the tissue's arterial perfusion. Most tumor emboli occur during surgery; a few occur in the early postoperative period (8)(9)(10)(11)(12). The delayed occurrence of these emboli may be due to tumor fragments that remain loosely adhered to the site of pulmonary vein ligation and then embolize after surgery with coughing or other movement, or perhaps emboli are temporarily detained in the left ventricular trabeculations or chordae tendineae (1,2).…”

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“…Immediate diagnosis of an arterial embolism is very critical and immediate intervention is required to restore circulation and to avoid tissue necrosis. Routine two dimensional or transesophageal echocardiography may be useful in diagnosing large and centrally located intracardiac tumors (8). This is a unique case with a metastatic mass invading the left ventricle and the source of peripheral embolism.…”

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A Rare Clinical Entity of Lung Cancer: Metastatic Peripheral Arterial Embolism

Çınarka¹,

Kayhan²,

Gümüş³

et al. 2014

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Lung cancers rarely metastasize to intracardiac ventricular wall and subsequently embolizes to systemic circulation, causing arterial occlusion. The current study reports a case of lung cancer with peripheral arterial embolism. This is unique case report because the first diagnostic tool of bronchogenic carcinoma was embolectomy material during hospitalization and the initial evaluation stage of the patient. Tumor embolization should be considered in the differential diagnosis in an abrupt cessation of peripheral arterial circulation.

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A Rare Clinical Entity of Lung Cancer: Metastatic Peripheral Arterial Embolism

Çınarka¹,

Kayhan²,

Gümüş³

et al. 2014

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“…Venous thrombosis is a frequent complication of malignancy; however, acute arterial occlusion secondary to malignant (non-myxomatous) tumor embolism is a rare event [7]. Venous tumor emboli most often present with symptoms of pulmonary embolism and/or infarction [8].…”

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“…Once an embolism has been identified, an embolectomy should be emergently performed, and anticoagulation and vasodilators started [7]. In our case, the patient also required bilateral fasciotomies to treat revascularization compartment syndrome.…”

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

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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.

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“…The latter is of largely unknown origin and is responsible for about 10% of cancer-related thromboembolisms [8, 9]. Additionally, catecholamine independent arterial vasospasm leading to limb ischemia has been recently reported in a patient with well-differentiated pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma [10].…”

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Fatal Paraneoplastic Embolisms in Both Circulations in a Patient with Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumour

Busch

Tschernitz

Thurner

et al. 2013

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Arterial embolism with lower limb ischemia is a rare manifestation of paraneoplastic hypercoagulability in cancer patients. We report a unique case of fatal thromboembolism involving both circulations associated with a poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the lung with rapid progress despite high doses of unfractioned heparin and review the current literature on anticoagulative regimen in tumour patients.

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Peripheral arterial embolism arising from pulmonary adenocarcinoma

Cited by 20 publications

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A Rare Clinical Entity of Lung Cancer: Metastatic Peripheral Arterial Embolism

A Rare Clinical Entity of Lung Cancer: Metastatic Peripheral Arterial Embolism

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

Fatal Paraneoplastic Embolisms in Both Circulations in a Patient with Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumour

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