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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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Autores principales: Leonhardt, Lex P, Pervez, Aamir, Tang, Wesley, Amen, Marvin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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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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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
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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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