Somatic Delusion or Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism?

Prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism.

Fifty patients have been studied by bilateral phlebography following their first, or sometimes recurrent, pulmonary embolus. Nineteen were found to have fresh loose peripheral thrombus, and in eight of them the thrombus looked big enough to cause a major pulmonary artery obstruction and death. These 19 patients were treated by vein ligation in addition to anticoagulants.The incidence of recurre...

Olmsted Syndrome Associated with Somatic Type of Delusion

The inheritance of Olmsted syndrome that is a very rare congenital with transgredient palmoplantar keratoderma is distinguished by the presence of massive hyperkeratosis with fissured skin and periorificial chaps. It usually appears during the early life and mostly in male pateints. Herein we report a case of Olmsted syndrome which is associated with ichthyosis and somatic type of delusion duri...

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy associated with primary pulmonary hypertension and recurrent pulmonary embolism.

Popliteal vein aneurysm presenting as recurrent pulmonary embolism.

Although rare, popliteal vein aneurysms can lead to pulmonary emboli, which can be fatal. We present a case of a popliteal vein aneurysm in a 39-year-old female who presented with her third episode of pulmonary embolism despite being on anticoagulants. Computed Tomography Venogram demonstrated a large Popliteal Vein Aneurysm measuring 71×36×77 mm which was surgically repaired. According to the ...

Atypical electromechanical dissociation in a patient with recurrent pulmonary embolism.

A 47-year-old man experienced recurrent pulmonary embolism resistant to aggressive medical and surgical prophylaxis. Although paraneoplastic hypercoagulability was suspected, no endoscopic or radiologic signs of malignancy were detected. Death was the result of electromechanical dissociation, which was attributed to right ventricular outflow obstruction. At autopsy, anaplastic lung carcinoma wa...