Submassive pulmonary tromboembolism as a first sign of occult adenocarcinomaFatma Yıldırım1, Iskender Kara2, Halil Çınar3, Melda Türkoğlu4, Gülbin Aygencel41Health Sciences University, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Research and Education Hospital, Clinic of Pulmonary Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkey
2Konya Numune State Hospital, Clinic of Anestesiology and Reanimation, Intensive Care Unit, Konya,Turkey
3Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
4Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Subdivision of Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkey
Venous thromboembolism is a one of the most common complications of cancer, which also contributes to mortality in cancer patients. Venous thromboembolism can be the first manifestation of occult cancer. We present a case of 54-year-old woman with deep vein thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism as first signs of cancer who was subsequently diagnosed with disseminated adenocarcinoma, most likely of the pancreatico-biliar system. Keywords: Pancreas adenocarcinoma, deep venous trombosis, pulmonary tromboembolism, occult cancer
Fatma Yıldırım, Iskender Kara, Halil Çınar, Melda Türkoğlu, Gülbin Aygencel. Submassive pulmonary tromboembolism as a first sign of occult adenocarcinoma. Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2018; 20(2): 107-110
Corresponding Author: Fatma Yıldırım, Türkiye |
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