Gastroesophageal tumor embolization to the popliteal arteries
- Nicholas, Gary G.
- Pulizzi, John
- Matulewicz, Theodore J.
Publication date
August 1997
DOI Publisher
Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter. Published by Mosby, Inc. ISSN
0741-5214Abstract
AbstractArterial tumor embolization is an unusual cause of acute arterial occlusion and is reported primarily in the oncologic literature. We report a case of acute bilateral popliteal artery emboli from adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus. Arterial tumor emboli are infrequent but should be considered in the differential diagnosis by the vascular surgeon caring for patients with malignancy. (J Vasc Surg 1997 26:333-6.