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Late onset of pulmonary embolism caused by lymphocyst following pelvic lymphadenectomy
Author(s) -
Tsuji Yoriko,
Kawaguchi Ryuji,
Haruta Shoji,
Shigetomi Hiroshi,
Ueda Sachiyo,
Kanayama Seiji,
Yoshida Shozo,
Sakata Mariko,
Sado Toshiyuki,
Yamada Yoshihiko,
Kitanaka Koji,
Kobayashi Hiroshi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00642.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , radiology , surgery
Herein is reported a case of late‐onset pulmonary embolism following pelvic surgery, despite prophylactic measures in the perioperative period. Twenty‐six days after hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for endometrial carcinoma, an 83‐year‐old woman developed a pulmonary embolism. This was caused by pelvic lymphocyst, which, in turn, led to chronic compression of the right external iliac vein. This case strongly suggests that prolonged postoperative thromboembolic prophylaxis should be considered in elderly patients undergoing lymphocyst following pelvic surgery.