Concomitant surgery for renal neoplasm with pulmonary tumor embolism Nihan Kayalar, MD, Bradley C. Leibovich, MD, Thomas A. Orszulak, MD, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Thoralf M. Sundt, MD, Richard C. Daly, MD, Christopher G.A. McGregor, MB, FRCS, MD(Hons) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 139, Issue 2, Pages 320-325 (February 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.021 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A, CT of the chest in a patient showing saddle-tumor embolus in the main pulmonary artery. B, CT of the chest in another patient showing occlusive thrombus within the right main pulmonary artery and branches of the left pulmonary artery. (Printed with permission of Mayo Clinic, Rochester.) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 320-325DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.021) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 A and B, Intraoperative photographs showing occlusive tumor in the right pulmonary artery. C, Tumor thrombus extirpated from the right pulmonary artery of the same patient. (Printed with permission of Mayo Clinic, Rochester.) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 320-325DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.021) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Survival curve of patients. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 320-325DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.021) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions