Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism

Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism

Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is a surgical emergency that should be promptly recognized and treated. Tumor embolism is a rare cause for acute arterial occlusion and ALI. It has been reported with atrial myxomas and primary/secondary tumors of the lung. Here, we present a case report of bilateral lower...

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Main Authors: Thilina Gunawardena, Balasubramanium Saseekaran, Rezni Cassim, Mandika Wijeyaratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Vascular Investigation and Therapy
Subjects:
acute limb ischemia
embolectomy
tumor embolism
Online Access:http://www.vitonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9686;year=2020;volume=3;issue=3;spage=94;epage=96;aulast=Gunawardena
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spelling doaj-87da05b4cc11429cb0162360926225232021-07-27T04:52:49ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsVascular Investigation and Therapy2589-96862589-94812020-01-0133949610.4103/VIT.VIT_17_20Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolismThilina GunawardenaBalasubramanium SaseekaranRezni CassimMandika WijeyaratneAcute limb ischemia (ALI) is a surgical emergency that should be promptly recognized and treated. Tumor embolism is a rare cause for acute arterial occlusion and ALI. It has been reported with atrial myxomas and primary/secondary tumors of the lung. Here, we present a case report of bilateral lower limb ischemia due to acute occlusion of the aorta by a tumor embolus originating from a disseminated soft tissue sarcoma.http://www.vitonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9686;year=2020;volume=3;issue=3;spage=94;epage=96;aulast=Gunawardenaacute limb ischemiaembolectomytumor embolism
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author Thilina Gunawardena
Balasubramanium Saseekaran
Rezni Cassim
Mandika Wijeyaratne
spellingShingle Thilina Gunawardena
Balasubramanium Saseekaran
Rezni Cassim
Mandika Wijeyaratne
Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
Vascular Investigation and Therapy
acute limb ischemia
embolectomy
tumor embolism
author_facet Thilina Gunawardena
Balasubramanium Saseekaran
Rezni Cassim
Mandika Wijeyaratne
author_sort Thilina Gunawardena
title Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
title_short Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
title_full Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
title_fullStr Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
title_full_unstemmed Acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
title_sort acute limb ischemia due to tumor embolism
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Vascular Investigation and Therapy
issn 2589-9686
2589-9481
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is a surgical emergency that should be promptly recognized and treated. Tumor embolism is a rare cause for acute arterial occlusion and ALI. It has been reported with atrial myxomas and primary/secondary tumors of the lung. Here, we present a case report of bilateral lower limb ischemia due to acute occlusion of the aorta by a tumor embolus originating from a disseminated soft tissue sarcoma.
topic acute limb ischemia
embolectomy
tumor embolism
url http://www.vitonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9686;year=2020;volume=3;issue=3;spage=94;epage=96;aulast=Gunawardena
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