Peripheral embolic arterial accident due to pulmonary vein thrombosis revealing bronchial carcinoma
Tassan, S.; Chabert, J.P.; Tassigny, C.; Jamet, B.; Ribere, R.; Deslee, G.; Metz, D.; Elaerts, J.
Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie 47(1): 11-13
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3928 PMID: 9772926 Document Number: 492120
The authors report a case of left superior pulmonary vein thrombosis discovered on transoesophageal ultrasonography in the context of aetiological assessment of a systemic vascular accident. This unusual site of a thrombus on an anatomically perfectly normal left atrium led the authors to perform a more detailed assessment, revealing a previously undiagnosed lung cancer on thoracic CT scan.