Pulmonary artery stump thrombosis developed during the late postoperative period

A 73-year-old man underwent left pneumonectomy for squamous cell lung carcinoma 3 years ago. The postoperative and follow-up periods were uneventful. A thrombus was detected in the left pulmonary artery stump during the last chest computed tomography (CT) scan. Anticoagulant treatment was applied: i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Akcam, Tevfik Ilker, Kaya, Seyda Ors, Samancilar, Ozgur, Ceylan, Kenan Can
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5071597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785144
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.62619
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Sumario:A 73-year-old man underwent left pneumonectomy for squamous cell lung carcinoma 3 years ago. The postoperative and follow-up periods were uneventful. A thrombus was detected in the left pulmonary artery stump during the last chest computed tomography (CT) scan. Anticoagulant treatment was applied: intravenous heparin for 3 days followed by oral warfarin. The follow-up chest CT examination revealed regression in the size of the thrombus.

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