Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 488: Cerebral Thromboembolism after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Pathological Diagnosis and Mechanism of Thrombus Formation
Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 488: Cerebral Thromboembolism after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Pathological Diagnosis and Mechanism of Thrombus Formation
Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11040488
Authors:
Hirotsugu Hashimoto
Genki Usui
Yuta Tsugeno
Keisuke Sugita
Gulanbar Amori
Teppei Morikawa
Kentaro Inamura
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although molecular therapies have emerged as efficacious strategies for the treatment of lung cancer, surgical resection is still recommended as a radical therapeutic option. Currently, lobectomy is regarded as the most reliable radical treatment of primary lung cancer. Among the various complications after lobectomy, cerebral thromboembolism requires attention as a life-threatening complication during the early postoperative period. It occurs in 0.2–1.2% of surgical cases of lung cancer and typically develops following left upper lobectomy with a long pulmonary vein stump (PVS). PVS-associated thrombosis is known to cause cerebral thromboembolism after such procedures; however, distinguishing this specific complication from that caused by postoperative atrial fibrillation is challenging. We summarize herein the diagnostic pathology of thrombus formation in accordance with its thrombogenic mechanism. We focus on the potential utility of the pathological assessment of thrombectomy specimens. The morphological information obtained from these specimens enables the presumption of thromb...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto Genki Usui Yuta Tsugeno Keisuke Sugita Gulanbar Amori Teppei Morikawa Kentaro Inamura Tags: Review Source Type: research
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