Author(s)

Kayo Sugiyama^1*, Hirotaka Watanuki¹, Masaho Okada¹, Yasuhiro Futamura¹, Ikuo Sugimoto², Kogenta Nakamura³, Katsuhiko Matsuyama¹

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan.
²Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan.
³Department of Urology Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan.

Although invasion of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) into the inferior vena cava is common, pulmonary tumor embolism is rare. We present a case of a pulmonary tumor embolism from type II papillary renal cell carcinoma successfully treated using a staged approach. Such staged procedures are particularly effective in cases of massive renal tumors. Pulmonary tumor embolectomy using normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is considerably less invasive than under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Pulmonary Tumor Embolism, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Papillary Cell Carcinoma

Sugiyama, K. , Watanuki, H. , Okada, M. , Futamura, Y. , Sugimoto, I. , Nakamura, K. and Matsuyama, K. (2018) Successful Management of Pulmonary Tumor Embolism from Renal Cell Carcinoma. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 8, 19-25. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2018.82004.