%0 Journal Article
%T Successful Management of Pulmonary Tumor Embolism from Renal Cell Carcinoma
%A Kayo Sugiyama
%A Hirotaka Watanuki
%A Masaho Okada
%A Yasuhiro Futamura
%A Ikuo Sugimoto
%A Kogenta Nakamura
%A Katsuhiko Matsuyama
%J Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery
%P 19-25
%@ 2164-3067
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojts.2018.82004
%X Although invasion of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) into the inferior vena cava is common, pulmonary tumor embolism is rare. We present a case of a pulmonary tumor embolism from type II papillary renal cell carcinoma successfully treated using a staged approach. Such staged procedures are particularly effective in cases of massive renal tumors. Pulmonary tumor embolectomy using normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is considerably less invasive than under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
%K Pulmonary Tumor Embolism
%K Renal Cell Carcinoma
%K Papillary Cell Carcinoma
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=85113