despite all the diagnosis and treatment processes of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte), it is still associated with a high rate of mortality. we describe a massive pte case of a 73-year-old woman with unusual clinical manifestations.

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...

Despite all the diagnosis and treatment processes of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), it is still associated with a high rate of mortality. We describe a massive PTE case of a 73-year-old woman with unusual clinical manifestations.

results the incidence of diagnosed thrombo-embolic complication was 32 of 1,153 admitted patients (2.8%; 95% confidence interval: 1.9 to 3.9) with a median interval of 14 days after anti-tb treatment initiation. the incidence of dvt and pte was 2% and 1%, respectively. thrombo-embolic events and dvt were more common in men than in women: 4.2% versus 1.3% (p = 0.003) and 3.5% versus 0.4%, respec...

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a clinically critical disease, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of which can lead to increased rate of mortality. For prevention of recurrence of PTE, recognition of its risk factors or underlying diseases is of great importance. PTE is common in patients with cancer and has high morbidity and mortality rates. Although cancer is a lethal condition, PTE accele...

background: considering the importance of using more appropriate imaging technique for accurate diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte) with less side eff ects, we aimed to evaluate the quality of pulmonary 64-multidetector computed tomographic (mdct) angiography in pregnant and postpartum women with suspected pte in isfahan. materials and methods:in this descriptive study, radiological fi...

Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism is one of the causes of pulmonary hypertension and carries a poor prognosis. Medical therapy is generally unsatisfactory, and surgery provides the only possibility of a cure. Though over 1400 cases have undergone pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) worldwide, the surgical procedure is performed with success only at a few institutions. It is important to selec...

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...

BACKGROUND Abdominal pain is rarely reported as the presenting complaint of pulmonary thromboembolism. CASE REPORT We report a case of a 42 year old white male with no known past medical problems except a left humeral fracture two weeks prior who presented to the emergency department with acute onset of right flank and lower abdominal pain. Initial evaluation including abdominal CT suggested ...

conclusion there is still excessive unjustified concern of pte in less trained physicians leading to excessive diagnostic work-up. loyalty to the existing guideline for management of suspected pte in educational hospitals and supervision of attending physicians could prevent overuse of ctpa. results during a 6-month period, 82 patients who underwent ctpa were included. the prevalence of pte was...