CHRONIC, massive thrombotic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries has attracted interest recurrently through the years as a neglected cause of pulmonary hypertension of obscure etiology, usually discovered at autopsy.'-10 This form of "cor pulmonale" has been regarded as a rare entity of academic rather than therapeutic interest. Such opinions now require revision. With the advent of pulmonary ...

Background Pulmonary thromboembolism (TEP) is related to the migration of thrombotic material from the systemic venous circulation to pulmonary vascular tree, with obstruction of the pulmonary arterial circulation. The mortality rate is 30% in non-identifiable forms, and 2-8% in those treated earlier. The early use of thrombolytics determines the success of the lysis. Thrombolysis is considered...

It is well known that deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremities is linked to high morbidity/mortality, resulting in 12-20% of all documented pulmonary embolism; however, there are few data about thromboembolism originating from a vein and/or a branch of a superficial vein of the upper extremities. Pulmonary embolism secondary to upper limb superficial vein thrombosis (not combined with uppe...

Risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) is relatively high in patients with advanced chronic diseases, particularly with malignancies. Most patients with cancer have blood coagulation test abnormalities indicative of up-regulation of the coagulation cascade, increased platelet activation and aggregation. Pulmonary thromboembolism is common in patients with any cancer and incidence is increased by surge...

Venous aneurysms are uncommon in the lower limb and are more frequently found in the neck and thoracic and visceral veins. However, they have been reported to cause thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, and other related complications. Popliteal venous aneurysms are often undetected because they are usually asymptomatic, but they may cause pulmonary thromboembolic events. We experienced a case...

Background and Aim: Pulmonary thromboembolism is an important clinical problem in the patients after major surgeries and is often difficult to diagnose because of nonspecific clinical symptoms. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is based on medical imaging methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of CT pulmonary angiographies of the patients with primary clinical diagnosis of pul...

Objective To identify pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) using the thrombus attenuation value on unenhanced computed tomography (CT).

Pulmonary thromboembolism falls between the areas of pulmonology and cardiology, internal medicine and intensive care, radiology and nuclear medicine, and hematology and cardiothoracic surgery. Depending on their clinical background, physicians faced with a patient with a pulmonary thromboembolism may speak different languages and adopt different treatment approaches. Now, however, there is an ...

The prompt and accurate recognition of non-malignant complications is of critical importance in the care of cancer patients. Pulmonary thromboembolism is particularly important because it is common, treatable and frequently difficult to diagnose. Two patients are presented who died of recurrent pulmonary thromboemboli which were unrecognized because open lung biopsies showed diffused interstiti...