Pulmonary artery stump thrombosis developed during the late postoperative period
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: Tevfik İlker AKÇAM, seyda ors KAYA, özgür SAMANCILAR, kenan can CEYLAN
KARDIOCHIRURGIA I TORAKOCHIRURGIA POLSKA, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2016, vol 3, pp 260-261
Summary
A 73-year-old man underwent left pneumonectomy for squamous cell lung carcinoma 3 years ago. The postoperative and follow-up periods were uneventful. A thrombus was detected in the left pulmonary artery stump during the last chest computed tomography (CT) scan. Anticoagulant treatment was applied: intravenous heparin for 3 days followed by oral warfarin. The follow-up chest CT examination revealed regression in the size of the thrombus.