[A Case of Esophageal Cancer with Aortic Thrombosis That Was Successfully Treated by Aortic Thrombectomy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2019 Feb;46(2):366-368.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of esophageal cancer with aortic thrombosis that occurred during chemotherapy and was successfully treated by aortic thrombectomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy. A 70-year-old man with esophageal cancer( Mt, Type 1c, cT2cN0cM0, cStage Ⅱ)was administered 5-FU plus cisplatin chemotherapy. On day 7 in the first course of the chemotherapy, he experienced abdominal pain. Abdominal CT revealed endo-aortic thrombotic deposits in the aortic arch about 3 cm in diameter. He immediately received heparin at a dose of 20,000 U/day administered intravenously, but the thrombus had not resolved by the next day. He underwent aortic thrombectomy, and warfarin was administered orally after the thrombectomy. He did not experience any difficulties or discomfort related to the thrombus after the thrombectomy. He then underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy and was discharged uneventfully on the 18th postoperative day. Currently, he is under follow-up with no recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Esophageal Neoplasms* / complications
  • Esophageal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Esophagectomy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Thrombectomy
  • Thrombosis* / etiology
  • Thrombosis* / surgery