[Cavoauricular thrombectomy under extracorporeal circulation and right superior lobectomy for paraneoplastic thrombosis in a case of lung cancer].

A patient with superior vena cava thrombosis from cancer of the right lung is described. The particular interest of this case resides in: The numerical scantiness of cases reported in the literature: 12 cases reviewed; The exceptional nature of the etiopathogenic mechanism: paraneoplastic thrombosis; and the more precise problems relating to the indication, technique and tactics with respect to surgery.