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- Title
Total Vertebrectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Authors
Kuwata, Taiji; Uramoto, Hidetaka; Ohtomo, Hajime; Nakamura, Eiichiro; Tanaka, Fumihiro
- Abstract
We present a case who had left upper lobectomy with total vertebrectomy after arterial embolization in preparation for intraoperative bleeding. A 35-year-old man complained of left back pain. Chest CT revealed a tumor in S1+2 of the left lung, invading the third thoracic vertebra. As no nodal or distant metastasis was detected, we performed left upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection (ND2a-2) after embolization of the vessels feeding the tumor in order to reduce intraoperative bleeding. In addition, the team of orthopedics performed en bloc resection of the third thoracic vertebra and parts of the left third and fourth ribs. Histological examination of the tumor revealed pleomorphic carcinoma (pT4N0M0, stage IIIA). Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Case Reports in Oncology, 2012, Vol 5, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
1662-6575
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000339299