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Renal arterial embolization led to a fatal pulmonary embolus resulting from the migration of an intracaval tumor thrombus in a reported case.
Renal arterial embolization for renal tumors with intracaval thrombus carries a risk of fatal pulmonary embolism due to thrombus migration.
May trigger fatal PE via thrombus migration; leaves open embolization safety in renal tumors with intracaval extension.
Angioinfarction of renal tumors has been proposed as a preoperative adjunct and as palliative therapy. Most side effects of angioinfarction are transient and are well tolerated by the patient. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolus resulting from migration of an intracaval tumor thrombus following renal arterial embolization.
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Jennings et al. (1993) studied this question. Renal arterial embolization led to a fatal pulmonary embolus resulting from the migration of an intracaval tumor thrombus in a reported case.
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