A case of pulmonary embolism caused by compression of the vena cava by intra‐abdominal masses in autosomal polycystic kidney disease

Dyspnea can have among other reasons pulmonological and cardiological causes. In cases with intra‐abdominal masses such as in severe autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, mechanical occlusion of the vena cava may result in pulmonary embolism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Holzmann‐Littig, Christopher, Lorenz, Georg, Wen, Ming, Heemann, Uwe, Renders, Lutz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2852
Descripción
Sumario:Dyspnea can have among other reasons pulmonological and cardiological causes. In cases with intra‐abdominal masses such as in severe autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, mechanical occlusion of the vena cava may result in pulmonary embolism.

Ejemplares similares