Vascular Complications following Isolated Limb Perfusion for Local Recurrence of Extremity Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review | Zendy

Matteo Trezzi | Zendy; Alessandro Parolari | Zendy; Claudia Loardi | Zendy; Francesco Alamanni | Zendy

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Vascular Complications following Isolated Limb Perfusion for Local Recurrence of Extremity Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Author(s) -

Matteo Trezzi,

Alessandro Parolari,

Claudia Loardi,

Francesco Alamanni

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of vascular medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.411

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 2090-2832

pISSN - 2090-2824

DOI - 10.1155/2011/204148

Subject(s) - medicine , complication , thrombosis , limb perfusion , surgery , perfusion , external iliac artery , sarcoma , femoral artery , occlusion , melanoma , soft tissue sarcoma , radiology , soft tissue , pathology , cancer research

. To evaluate the role of hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (HILP) in arterial thrombosis following melanoma-soft tissue sarcoma chemotherapy. Report . Here is presented one case of iliac-common femoral artery subacute thrombosis and a review of the appropriate literature performed using a MEDLINE search. Acute/subacute arterial occlusion is one of the most feared vascular complications of HILP, located nearly always in the external iliac-femoral artery axis, being those vessels cannulated for perfusion. Conclusions . The small number of reported cases indicates either the rarity of this complication or unawareness of its existence. The true incidence of this complication is probably underreported.

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