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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:709-710
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Thrombus in the left superior pulmonary vein after left upper pulmonary lobectomy

Eiki Nagaoka, MD*, Makoto Yano, PhD, Takahiko Sugano, MD, Takamichi Miyamoto, MD

Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan

Received for publication October 4, 2007; accepted for publication November 21, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Eiki Nagaoka, MD, General Thoracic Surgery, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan 180-8601. (Email: ei.n@mm.neweb.ne.jp).

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Renal infarction related to lung resection is rarely reported. We first encountered a case of renal thromboembolism midterm after lung resection. Creating a stump of pulmonary vein after major lung resection is among the few ways in which surgeons can generate a thrombus in the arterial system, which may lead to organ infarction. Infarction after lung resection, however, has rarely been reported. We present a case of renal infarction after lung resection.

Clinical Summary

A 76-year-old man underwent resection of the left upper lobe for lung cancer. Thirteen months after the operation, he sought treatment with severe right flank pain. A computed tomographic scan of the chest and abdomen, and of the pelvis with intravenous injection of contrast medium, revealed . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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