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Pulmonary thromboembolism presenting with abdominal symptoms

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 on...

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Autores principales: Mansmann, Erin H., Singh, Anil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569510
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883240
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description 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 cholecystitis. Lack of improvement with empiric antibiotics and symptomatic therapy prompted further evaluation revealing the patient to have a pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) can be effectively treated once diagnosed. Abdominal pain as a presenting complaint in PTE is rarely reported as a cause of PTE. We believe that clinicians should consider PTE in their differential of abdominal pain in patients with risk factors for VTE.
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spelling pubmed-36161852013-04-08 Pulmonary thromboembolism presenting with abdominal symptoms Mansmann, Erin H. Singh, Anil Am J Case Rep Case Report 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 cholecystitis. Lack of improvement with empiric antibiotics and symptomatic therapy prompted further evaluation revealing the patient to have a pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) can be effectively treated once diagnosed. Abdominal pain as a presenting complaint in PTE is rarely reported as a cause of PTE. We believe that clinicians should consider PTE in their differential of abdominal pain in patients with risk factors for VTE. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3616185/ /pubmed/23569510 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883240 Text en © Am J Case Rep, 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569510
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883240
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