January 15, 1981CancerOpen Access

Unusual presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

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Population

A 64-year-old female with acute ischemia of the left leg secondary to tumor embolism, along with a literature review of 28 cases of frank tumor embolism to the arterial tree occurring during the course of a noncardiac malignancy (total n=29).

Intervention

Embolectomy (for the case report patient)

Outcome

Clinical presentation and source of arterial emboli

This report highlights that peripheral arterial tumor embolism can rarely occur as the initial clinical manifestation of bronchogenic carcinoma.

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Implication

Rare tumor embolism from pulmonary metastases or bronchogenic carcinoma merits consideration in unexplained emboli; extends sparse case literature but leaves practice change open.

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Starr et al. (1981) studied this question.

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Rare tumor embolism from pulmonary metastases or bronchogenic carcinoma merits consideration in unexplained emboli; extends sparse case literature but leaves practice change open.

Unusual presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

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Unusual presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

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