Successful pulmonary arterial embolization followed by curative surgery for a lepidic predominant lung adenocarcinoma with severe hypoxemia

BACKGROUND: Lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma is characterized by frequent refractory hypoxemia due to intrapulmonary shunting. Severe hypoxemia can induce perioperative complications in case of thoracic surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 67 year-old woman with localized lepidic aden...

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Published in:BMC Surg
Main Authors: Sebane, Louise, El-Hajjam, Mostafa, Puyo, Philippe, Longchampt, Elisabeth, Giroux Leprieur, Etienne
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891942/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29631581
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-018-0351-1
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