Acute Peripheral Arterial Tumorous Embolism after Lung Cancer Surgery

Embolism of peripheral arteries originating from malignant tumors is considered a rare manifestation of cancer.[1] Although uncommon, during the pulmonary resection, a fragment of tumor that has invaded a pulmonary vein can embolize and result in arterial occlusion.[2] Symptoms are related to the location of emboli and the most common events are lower extremity, cerebral, myocardial, and limb ischemic events. Here, we present the case of a 70-year-old woman with tumor embolism of the both lower extremities after left pneumonectomy for lung cancer, which was treated successfully with surgical intervention.