Fatal pulmonary embolus from ischemic necrosis of intracaval tumor thrombus: a case report.

Jennings, S B; Austenfeld, M S; Basham, K · J Urol · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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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