Abstract
A 65-year-old woman without cardiac or coagulation disorder consulted our hospital for an abnormal shadow noted on chest CT. Chest CT showed a ground glass opacity in the left S3, and we performed surgery. Based on an intraoperative pathological study, we diagnosed her with lung cancer and performed left upper lobectomy with lymph node dissection. On the 4th postoperative day, she developed paralysis and a cold sense. We diagnosed her with acute occlusion of the right axillary artery by enhanced CT, and performed anticoagulation therapy after surgery. Although the thrombus was not found on the enhanced CT or echocardiography, this case was thought to be caused by a thrombus in the pulmonary vein stump. It is important to consider the possibility of arterial occlusion after lung surgery.
