Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme

Michael S. Firstenberg; Danielle Blais; Erik Abel; Herbert B. Newton; Juan Crestanello

doi:10.1155/2010/862028

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme

Michael S. Firstenberg,
Danielle Blais,
Erik Abel,
Herbert B. Newton,
Juan Crestanello

Affiliations

Michael S. Firstenberg: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Danielle Blais: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Erik Abel: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Herbert B. Newton: Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, OSUMC, M410-B Starling-Loving Hall, 320 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Juan Crestanello: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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