young male’s post appendectomy complication of pulmonary thromboembolism

the main goal of this report was to share with clinicians an atypical presentation of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte) in a young male`s post-appendectomy, whom he had no significant predisposing factors for such disease. the case also introduced for re-examining the challenges of pte clinical manifestations which may mimic other differential diagnosis. pte is an abrupt blockage of the pulmonary artery by a thrombus. such thrombus is generated by a blood clot which has been formed, separated and migrated from the leg and/or pelvic veins toward the lung.the lung tissue`s circulation is impaired which later episode results hypoxia and infarction. these events initiate a set of pte clinical manifestations.