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A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma
Pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) is an uncommon but often lethal disease with non-specific manifestations. Herein, we present a case of an elderly woman with a past medical history significant for limited-stage pelvic myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), who was admitted with subacute weakness and worsening dyspn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28887 |
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author | Leonhardt, Lex P Pervez, Aamir Tang, Wesley Amen, Marvin |
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description | Pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) is an uncommon but often lethal disease with non-specific manifestations. Herein, we present a case of an elderly woman with a past medical history significant for limited-stage pelvic myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), who was admitted with subacute weakness and worsening dyspnea. Over the course of hospitalization, CT angiography was performed, which demonstrated a filling defect in the inferior left pulmonary vein consistent with PVT, in addition to evidence of widespread metastatic disease. The patient was offered therapeutic anticoagulation, but given the extent of her metastasis, the patient opted to transition to comfort care and pursued hospice care. This case serves as a unique presentation of a rare disease process associated with widespread metastatic MFS, illustrating the need for early recognition and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-95420442022-10-11 A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma Leonhardt, Lex P Pervez, Aamir Tang, Wesley Amen, Marvin Cureus Internal Medicine Pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) is an uncommon but often lethal disease with non-specific manifestations. Herein, we present a case of an elderly woman with a past medical history significant for limited-stage pelvic myxofibrosarcoma (MFS), who was admitted with subacute weakness and worsening dyspnea. Over the course of hospitalization, CT angiography was performed, which demonstrated a filling defect in the inferior left pulmonary vein consistent with PVT, in addition to evidence of widespread metastatic disease. The patient was offered therapeutic anticoagulation, but given the extent of her metastasis, the patient opted to transition to comfort care and pursued hospice care. This case serves as a unique presentation of a rare disease process associated with widespread metastatic MFS, illustrating the need for early recognition and treatment. Cureus 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9542044/ /pubmed/36225433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28887 Text en Copyright © 2022, Leonhardt et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Leonhardt, Lex P Pervez, Aamir Tang, Wesley Amen, Marvin A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title | A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title_full | A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title_fullStr | A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title_full_unstemmed | A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title_short | A Unique Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis in a Patient With Rapidly Progressive Metastatic Pelvic Myxofibrosarcoma |
title_sort | unique presentation of pulmonary vein thrombosis in a patient with rapidly progressive metastatic pelvic myxofibrosarcoma |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542044/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28887 |
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