Total Occlusion of the Right Branch of the Pulmonary Artery By An Organized Thrombus
Authors: J. H. Means, T. B. Mallory
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 October 1931Total Occlusion of the Right Branch of the Pulmonary Artery By An Organized ThrombusJ. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P., T. B. MALLORY, M.D.J. H. MEANS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, T. B. MALLORY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-4-417 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe following case, because of the apparent rarity of one of the lesions found, total thrombotic occlusion of a main branch of the pulmonary artery, and the interest of its physiological connotations, is considered worth reporting.The existing literature contains but few cases of such occlusion of a main branch, although multiple thromboses of the smaller arteries appear fairly common. A case of that sort has recently been reported by Frothingham.1A monographic article by Posselt2in 1909 reviews thoroughly all types of pulmonary artery disease, and may be considered to cover the literature up to that time. He was...Bibliography1 FROTHINGHAM C: A case of extensive bilateral progressive thrombosis of the smaller branches of the pulmonary arteries, Am. Jr. Path., 1929, v, 11-22. Google Scholar2 POSSELT A: Die Erkrankungen der Lungenschlagader, Ergebn. d. allg. Path. u. path. Anat., 1909, xiii, 298-526. Google Scholar3 BARNESYATER ARWM: Paroxysmal tachycardia and alternating incomplete right and left bundle-branch block with fibrosis of myocardium, failure of right ventricle due to ancient thrombus in pulmonary arteries, fibro-myxoma of left auricle occluding mitral orifice and simulating mitral stenosis, Med. Clin. North Am., 1929, xii, 1603-1615. Google Scholar4 JUMPBAUMANN HDF: Large thrombus of pulmonary artery with chronic cyanosis and polycythemia, Penn. Med. Jr., 1929, xxxii, 754-756. Google Scholar5 BRENNER O: Sclerosis of the pulmonary artery with thrombosis, Lancet, 1931, ccxx, 911-914. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 SAUERBRUCH F: Chirurgie der Brustorgane, 1920, i. Julius Springer, Berlin, p. 572. Google Scholar7 LILIENTHAL H: Thoracic surgery, 1925, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 485. Google Scholar8 HOLMANMATHES EME: Production of intrapulmonary suppuration by secondary infection of sterile embolic area; experimental study, Arch. Surg., 1929, xix, 1246-1261. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Mass.*From the Medical Clinic and Pathological Laboratory of the Massachusetts General Hospital.†Received for publication, May 27, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe changing face of pulmonary hypertension diagnosis: a historical perspective on the influence of diagnostics and biomarkersChronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. The Journey from a Curiosity to a CureHistorical Perspective: Surgery for Chronic Thromboembolic DiseasePulmonary endarterectomyCase 38-1981SUCCESSFUL ENDARTERECTOMY OF CHRONICALLY OCCLUDED PULMONARY ARTERYCor pulmonaleCor pulmonaleThe pathology of cor pulmonale, pulmonary arteriosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension secondary to thromboembolismOrganized Thrombus Occluding a Main Pulmonary ArteryCHRONIC MASSIVE PULMONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS*ALFRED RING, M.D., JENS R. BAKKE, M.D.THROMBOSIS OF THE MAIN PULMONARY ARTERIESDefect of the Interatrial Septum, with Thrombosis of the Pulmonary ArteryChronic obstruction of major pulmonary arteriesContribution to the pathogenesis of chronic cor pulmonalePropagating Pulmonary Artery ThrombosisCase 35081Case 33301THROMBOSIS OF MAIN BRANCHES OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY 1 October 1931Volume 5, Issue 4Page: 417-427KeywordsArteriesLesionsPulmonary arteriesPulmonary diseasesResearch laboratoriesThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...