Key result
A 73-year-old woman developed a cerebral embolism caused by a thrombus in the left superior pulmonary vein stump on postoperative day 3 after a left upper lobectomy for lung cancer.
Case Report (n=1)
Cerebral embolism caused by a thrombus in the left pulmonary vein stump should be considered as a potential etiology in stroke patients with a history of left upper lobectomy.
Raises awareness for pulmonary vein stump thrombus in post-lobectomy stroke; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
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Haga et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Cerebral embolism (n=1). Left upper lobectomy was evaluated. A 73-year-old woman developed a cerebral embolism caused by a thrombus in the left superior pulmonary vein stump on postoperative day 3 after a left upper lobectomy for lung cancer.
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