CASE REPORT
Late pulmonary artery stump thrombosis with post embolic pulmonary hypertension after pneumonectomy
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sainte Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille, France
2 UPRES 2201, University of the Mediterranean, Marseille, France
3 Department of Thoracic Oncology, Sainte Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille, France
4 Department of Respiratory Diseases, Sainte Marguerite University Hospital, Marseille, France; and UPRES 3287, University of the Mediterranean, Marseille, France
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Dr P A Thomas
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, 274 Bvd Ste Marguerite, 13274 Marseille, Cédex 09, France; pathomas{at}ap-hm.fr
Ten years after right pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer, a 51 year old man developed a pulmonary artery stump thrombosis which produced microemboli in the remaining lung and, in turn, led to chronic pulmonary hypertension. This case strongly suggests that prolonged postoperative thromboembolic prophylaxis should be considered in patients undergoing right pneumonectomy.
Keywords: pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary embolism; pneumonectomy
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