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A 67-year-old woman developed acute right axillary artery occlusion 14 days after left upper lobectomy for lung cancer, likely caused by a thrombus in the pulmonary vein stump.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case highlights the rare but important possibility of acute arterial occlusion due to thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump following lung lobectomy.
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Nishikawa et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Lung cancer and acute axillary artery occlusion (n=1). Left upper lobectomy was evaluated. A 67-year-old woman developed acute right axillary artery occlusion 14 days after left upper lobectomy for lung cancer, likely caused by a thrombus in the pulmonary vein stump.
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