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Diffuse arterial embolization secondary to pulmonary vein thrombosis

Pulmonary vein thromboses (PVT) is a complication of lung malignancy and can be complicated by arterial embolic phenomenon. Patient is a 69-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease and recent pneumonia seen on chest x-ray who presented with progressive headache, left arm numbness an...

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Autores principales: Plowman, Keegan, Ruthman, Carl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9465264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36105263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101732
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description Pulmonary vein thromboses (PVT) is a complication of lung malignancy and can be complicated by arterial embolic phenomenon. Patient is a 69-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease and recent pneumonia seen on chest x-ray who presented with progressive headache, left arm numbness and abdominal pain. She was found to have numerous bilateral strokes, bilateral renal infarction and splenic infarction. CT Chest showed a right upper lobe mass compressing the pulmonary veins with filling defects concerning for thrombus. Diagnosis of PVT is made with CT angiogram, echocardiogram and MRI. Treatment consists of anticoagulation and treatment of underlying factors.
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spelling pubmed-94652642022-09-13 Diffuse arterial embolization secondary to pulmonary vein thrombosis Plowman, Keegan Ruthman, Carl Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Pulmonary vein thromboses (PVT) is a complication of lung malignancy and can be complicated by arterial embolic phenomenon. Patient is a 69-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease and recent pneumonia seen on chest x-ray who presented with progressive headache, left arm numbness and abdominal pain. She was found to have numerous bilateral strokes, bilateral renal infarction and splenic infarction. CT Chest showed a right upper lobe mass compressing the pulmonary veins with filling defects concerning for thrombus. Diagnosis of PVT is made with CT angiogram, echocardiogram and MRI. Treatment consists of anticoagulation and treatment of underlying factors. Elsevier 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9465264/ /pubmed/36105263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101732 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Diffuse arterial embolization secondary to pulmonary vein thrombosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9465264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36105263
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